Jody,

I think you and I are closer to the same page than apart. The "LA" and "New York' comments come from people a little more spread out. In Nashville the community is more compact and we tend to know each other long before we get into business together and you can't get into business together until you get to know each other.

If you go back on this thread and others, we have both said the same things that there is a time to copyright, just like a time to get your artwork and all the credits. When we sign those big contracts with publishing companies, it is still a ways away from being released. I signed a dozen of the things two years ago and still Frankie has just gotten out there.

So I agree with you that copyrights are a nessasary thing, although I maintain that they are carrying less and less weight as technology forges this brave new world we live in, and the water gets murkier and murkier and people use songs for more and more yet don't want to pay for anything.

Again, I apologize if it seems condecending but I think the points of views from the different regions have different contexts.

MAB