I have written some songs and if anyone ever wants to record them in a respectful way they can for free. I will give permission by recording. Of course if Nike wants anything for a commercial, I would gladly change my stance. Likewise, I have decided that any future cds I make, which are compilations, will be totally free of copyright issues. Songs can be traditional or can be written by singer and copied with permission of course. I totally respect all peoples' opinions and feelings on copyright. For me, it is a nuisance and expense I don't want..I just break even is all. I do not want to track by cd I sold..I do an overall picture for IRS and that is it. I also want to be able to tell people go ahead and copy it..i was constrained in ireland from telling that to my own relatives..and the lifeboat cd..a lifeboat organization wanted to copy it and i wanted to say sure..copy 300 copies but again was constrained...so it is an issue I just basically bypass.