Oscar Brand sure knows about changing a few words or lines and then re-copyrighting the material..and I always HATED that...I object to THAT road on principle.

As to anons claim that "the Identity of 'A Publisher' is very easy for anyone at your location to get."...not necessarily...I know how to post thru anon servers and chained proxies until it is 99.99& impossible to trace...(I don't DO this..I just have read how..)

as to the issue at hand and Publishers involvement...If Publisher has been reading Mudcat for even a short while, surely he/she realizes we are DIFFERENT from pop music sites who are TRYING to subvert the law..we are quite willing to either GET permission or remove those few songs which their owners/protectors are so upset about. There is NO reason to conduct HFA's usual slash & burn campaign to keep anyone from publishing anything without checking with HFA first!!!!...Without ever meeting anyone from HFA and discussing 'high moral principles' with them, my impression is of a Spanish Inquisition.."here...sign this confession and promise never to do it again...never mind what is on the first few pages...you don't need to see the charges."

If Publisher has ANY contacts with HFA, I hope that he will try to help work out the solution that Max has said HE is willing to do in a business-like way!