As far as I'm concerned, it would be far better if the 'copyright' issue were removed from this altogether.
Whatever this guy's motives, I have been informed via his website that I can still purchase mine, and everybody else's recordings for a minimum of £6.00
During the run up to our putting up our field recordings onto the Clare Library website, we went to a fair amount of trouble contacting the surviving relatives of our singers to obtain permission to do so.
Hopefully, we will not have to now explain to Jamesie's relatives why it is possible to purchase the recording we made of their father on the internet - with a banjo accompaniment, no less!!
Financial aspects aside, around here in West Clare, banjos are regarded slightly higher up the artistic chain than bodhrans.
Jim Carroll