Where Does A 4000 Pound Gorilla Sleep?
A friend of mine, who is a priest, recently received a response from the USCCB that he could use short phrases from the NAB Scriptures in the Podcast of his homiles, but could not include the Gospel Reading. The staffer also indicated that their office was still deciding what to do about Podcasts.
I'm glad that I moved quickly to dump the NAB Lectionary at this point, as I'm slowly growing fond of the Douay-Rheims (and the NAB is regarded by many as an inferior translation anyway). On the other hand, I find it offensive and absolutely surreal that the Permissions Office is telling a Catholic Priest that he can't Podcast his proclamation of the Gospel.
I don't intend to contact the Permissions Office about this news either, but I wonder if they're aware that EWTN is Podcasting the Daily Readings (NAB Version) along with their homilies each day. It'll be interesting to see if they're hassled about it like everybody else.
Or will it be a case of "Where does a 4000 pound gorilla sleep? Anywhere he wants."
I'm hopeful that EWTN is granted permission, and that maybe this will open the door for some of the smaller monkeys.
I'm glad that I moved quickly to dump the NAB Lectionary at this point, as I'm slowly growing fond of the Douay-Rheims (and the NAB is regarded by many as an inferior translation anyway). On the other hand, I find it offensive and absolutely surreal that the Permissions Office is telling a Catholic Priest that he can't Podcast his proclamation of the Gospel.
I don't intend to contact the Permissions Office about this news either, but I wonder if they're aware that EWTN is Podcasting the Daily Readings (NAB Version) along with their homilies each day. It'll be interesting to see if they're hassled about it like everybody else.
Or will it be a case of "Where does a 4000 pound gorilla sleep? Anywhere he wants."
I'm hopeful that EWTN is granted permission, and that maybe this will open the door for some of the smaller monkeys.
posted by Noebie at 4:16 PM
2 Comments:
Well since EWTN is actually rebroadcasting portions of the Mass I doubt if that would run afoul of the USCCB's petty bureaucrats.
It is using these texts publically outside of the Mass that is copyrighted by the USCCB.
This is an idiotic policy and already people from the Verbum Domini podcast has switched to the D-R instead of having to wait for permission.
The USCCB is doing is a favor by not repeating this inferior translation.
Not to be contrary, but the USCCB Permissions Page expressly prohibits republishing radio or television broadcasts as "video or audio" files, and this is exactly what EWTN is doing in their Podcast. Again, I don't begrudge them, and hope that they will have the blessing of the USCCB...but this ought to certainly be extended to others as well.
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