The problem is this. When I wrote to the publishers asking if I could include the melodies in the fake disks, they wanted to charge from $1.00 to $2.50 PER SONG. And some of the requests took up to 3 years to get answered.

Some of my fake disks have over 800 songs in them. Who would pay that much?

So I when I mentioned that I could buy a book of 800 printed songs for around $50 (not $800.00 to $2,000.00) they said, "Buy the book".

So I started doing fake disks that are companions to printed off-the-shelf fake books. You can load the Norton file, open the book, and play along.

I know that it isn't the best situation for everyone, but it's the best I can do without breaking the copyright laws.

So if you find one that is less than $1.00 per song, you can bet it's illegal.

And a lot of the files floating around the web are also illegal. It's up to your own personal ethics whether you use them or not.

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Bob "Notes" Norton smile Norton Music
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