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I have been accused by Elise of doing something improper, regarding my excerpting from the CCD Lectionary, not once but several times.
Please note that the bottom of the Scripture I quoted states:
Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved. No portion of this text may be reproduced by any means without permission in writing from the copyright owner.
Be advised that any and all posts that I or any other Catholics make from the Lectionary published by the CCD are exempt from permissions under:
1) The Fair Use Exemption as stated several times, and
2) under the following CCD permissions:
One-time print use
No written permission is required for one-time use.
The official liturgical text must be followed. All excerpts must be verbatim from the text, including capitalization and punctuation. The poetic structure of those readings written in verse (for example, Psalms, Wisdom, Isaiah, etc.) must be preserved in verse as printed.
The appropriate acknowledgment must be printed either beneath the reading(s) or with the other acknowledgments:
“Excerpts from the Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, second typical edition © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Washington, DC. Used with permission. All rights reserved. No portion of this text may be reproduced by any means without permission in writing from the copyright owner.”
Web and other digital Media Usage
No permission or fee is needed to display the daily readings on a website through an RSS feed.
Now Elise has brought up the allegation that I was using this in some way not proper - that is not the case.
http://www.usccb.org/bible/permissions/#print
If ANY of you feel strongly that I or any other Catholic are abusing the various copyrights of the CCD then I encourage you to report us to:
Associate Director, Permissions CCD
3211 Fourth Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017-1194
OR
feel free to call them directly and complain at 202-541-3098
Please do it .... it’s for the children, and ...
For the Greater Glory of God
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Poor man: tormented by the twin demons of Cut & Paste.
Worries what others may think of him.
Tries to justify what legally needs no justification.
So I called. You’re ok. Fair use applies. The woman I spoke with was genuinely curious and I helped her find the post in question. So you’re good. The copyright police will not be coming after you.
She did mention, however, that perhaps you could better use your time doing embroidery. I’m not sure exactly why. Perhaps to calm your nerves. But that part wasn’t clear to me.
She also thought the idea of a biblical content contest was not feasible, owing to the wide range of biblical use in her experiences in both Catholic and Protestant settings. The idea of counting Amens as biblical references made her head hurt, as she put it.
She was very patient and kind, a pleasure to speak with. She was amazed at the length of the thread. Little does she know ...
My own idea on a contest would be direct testing of Biblical knowledge in good, representative samples. But as she pointed out, even preliminarily defining the right samples could be quite difficult.
Anyway, just thought you’d like to know.
Peace,
SR