Who holds copyright for the Catholic Book of Worship III hymnal series?
Although the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) publishes the Catholic Book of Worship III ( CBW III ) series, we do not own every song reproduced in the hymnals. We obtained permission to reproduce the songs from each copyright owner, and we pay them royalties every year for the use of their compositions. Consequently, the copyrights for most of the hymns remain with the original authors, composers or publishers. Only they, or an affiliated licensing agency, can grant reproduction permissions. However, the CCCB does own some of the songs reproduced in CBW III. You will find a list of songs owned by the CCCB on pages vi and vii of the CBW III choir or pew edition under CCCB and Copyrights assigned to the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Please note that in some instances, only the words or music, or part of the words or music, are under CCCB’s copyright. You should refer to your hymnal to see if other authors or composers own parts of the same song. To figure out wh
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