I am a member of a group which for many years has had its own songbook. We gave it to new members for free when they paid their dues. The dues were to pay for postage for the newsletter. A friend of mine was responsible for duplicating and distributing it. He whined incessantly about the job, but did it. I got tired of the whining and converted the entire thing to PDF format. Now, instead of a hard copy, new members get a CD with the PDF fie and a copy of the latest free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. If they want a hard copy they can print out as much of the book as they want. A few people like me have laptops for songbook and work directly with the PDF file.

We have dealt with legalities by not worrying about them. We have always crossed our fingers and hoped that we are too small to deal with.

If anybody notices, we'll claim ignorance, apologize profusely, and promise never to do it again.