Churches pay yearly fees to entities that publish church music, including that in hymnals in order to use the music repeatedly in services and/or to be able to print the music.
Churches are bound by the same laws as any other organisation, including copyright. Some would say they have an even greater moral obligation to uphold both the letter and the spirit of the law.An unauthorised public performance of music, even in a church, could be a breach of copyright.
Not sure what this questions means. The Orthodox Church is the Church, so it can't exist outside of itself.
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None. In fact since 1989 a copyright notice isn't even required for protection to exist.
It isn't necessary to do anything for copyright protection to exist. In most countries copyright is established as soon as an original work is completed and "fixed in a tangible medium". If you decide that you do want to formally register your copyright you will have to consult the Copyright/Intellectual property office in your area.
End the policies that allowed the Church of England to exist in New England.
All of them. No church is part of the Illuminati. None can be; it does not exist.
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Thus, material must be original and published in a concrete medium of expression to be covered by a copyright. In other words, for material to be eligible for copyright protection, a tangible product must exist
Not for people with copyrights!
To encourage creation of new works by making it financially viable to create for a living.
The Catholic Church did not exist in 4 BC.