Existing laws can be a pain -- and there are ways to go about getting them changed, Ed. Yes, it can be a slow process. Until they can be changed, though, we should strive to obey them in all but the most grievous of them IMO.

There is also the "other side" of this coin, and that is the owner of the song, not always a big record company at all, but a single songwriter or the songwriter's immediate family to consider, too.

There is not a simple answer to the problem, much as we'd like there to be.


--Mac