Hi Cliff and everyone!

Are the Girl Scouts of America a profit making organization now? I thought those fees I paid were for the troup expenses? All those cookie sales also? Why would you charge them because they accept membership fees? That would mean we have to go to the churches and start collecting copyright fees from them also? Afterall they collect fees in churches. Every week! Senior citizen centers also charge fees to belong. What about school dances? They charge fees. The list can go on and on. I think a line has to be drawn here someplace.

My 76 year old Mom plays keyboard sing-a-longs monthly for her senior complex. I have copied the music for the elderly folks for them to sing along with her. I guess she is breaking the law? They sometimes have a charge for their sing-a-longs to cover cookies and coffee costs so this copyright may apply to them. I know I broke a law when I copied the music for them but they could never afford 20 copies of each song. They all, only live on SS with subsidies from state and federal. I think we have to be careful as to who and what we apply these laws to.

Seems there needs to be updated laws that pertain to collecting fees for the copyrighted world. They appear to be outdated and do not fit our society as it is today or so it seems. Wish I had some ideas on how to fix it but it seems the laws reach way out of their intended purpose sometimes.


-Linda

[This message has been edited by LindaFus (edited 02-03-2002).]