Christ be our Light - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 30 Sep 2019 01:28:12 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Christ be our Light - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Catholic press sued for copyright infringement over song https://cathnews.co.nz/2019/09/30/catholic-copyright-infringement-song/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 06:55:12 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=121618 A copyright infringement case has been brought to court alleging Bernadette Farrell's 1993 song "Christ Be Our Light" is a copy of the song "Emmanuel" composed by Vincent A. Ambrosetti in 1980 and published that same year. A lawsuit between Ambrosetti and his publishers against Farrell and her publishers has been filed with the federal Read more

Catholic press sued for copyright infringement over song... Read more]]> A copyright infringement case has been brought to court alleging Bernadette Farrell's 1993 song "Christ Be Our Light" is a copy of the song "Emmanuel" composed by Vincent A. Ambrosetti in 1980 and published that same year.

A lawsuit between Ambrosetti and his publishers against Farrell and her publishers has been filed with the federal court in Indiana.

"Emmanuel" is well known and has been the top revenue producing musical composition of Ambrosetti and within the International Liturgy Publications musical catalogue. Read more

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