I couldn't have put it more eloquently myself Ripov. Don't be too concerned about pricking the bubble of pomposity though. Knowing a lot about a small part of the genre is a wonderful thing but trying to apply it elsewhere is just daft

If everyone came up with narrow (minded) interpretations of the musical genre "folk" then the descriptors themselves would never be valid. You can't legislate for evolving, oral tradition or music of the people by referring to minutes of a meeting in a particular country over sixty years ago. A few thousand scousers singing "You'll never walk alone" doesn't have any bearing or influence on copyright so not even that absurd clause works. At Hillsborough, regardless of who we are playing, the kop and north stand sing "Hark now hear the Wednesday sing, United ran away, and we will fight forever more because of Boxing Day." A folk song referring to Boxing Day 1979. I was that soldier, I saw all four goals. Kids not born then sing it with pride. That's yer oral tradition Jim.

After all, 99% of contemporary folk hadn't been written in 1954 when people with fairisle sweaters and sandals had a meeting and many of the writers hadn't been born.