Question:
I purchased a recording. Can I make copies to give to people?
Solution:
The recordings distributed on BestChristianConferences are copyrighted material. The copyright is owned by the speaker(s) or by an organization (e.g. the conference).
Let's briefly discuss what this means regarding your rights to copy the material, and then a brief explanaition concerning the policy.
CDs, tapes and DVDs can NOT be duplicated. There are three exceptions for MP3 files: 1) You can make a backup copy of your MP3 file, 2) You can download the MP3 file onto your MP3 player, and 3) you can burn a single audio CD from your MP3 file.
We are occassionaly asked why these copyright restrictions apply. After all, if you are trying to minister to someone why shouldn't you be able to make all the copies you want?
Well, these recordings are only possible because the speakers, the conferences, the recording companies and BestChristianConferences are able to maintain on-going, financially viable operations. When people ask this question they think of the cost of the tape, the CD or the MP3 download. But there are significant costs they don't consider, like moving thousands of dollars of equipment and multiple people to the talk venue to capture the recording and then the technician skill/time to remaster the recordings, etc.. These costs, as well as royalties paid to the conferences and/or speaker also must be covered.
Setting aside for a second that fact that abiding by the law, both man's and God's, is the right thing to do....on behalf of the speakers, the conferences, other customers, and people to whom we are all ministering, we ask that you abide by the copyright laws so we can all continue to minister in the respective roles in which God has placed us.
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