The Wedding Wordsmith is the copyright owner of each individual literary work, as well as the entire compilation as a whole. Section 45 of the Copyright Act (1968) allows a literary work to be recited in public, however sufficient acknowledgement of title and authorship is required.
In this case, simply introduce my poem/reading as follows:
The following poem/reading is entitled “(name of literary work)”
and was composed by The Wedding Wordsmith.
If planning to place a copyrighted item into a ceremony booklet, you must receive prior permission from the respective copyright owner/s. In this case, simply send me a request by email. This granting of permission for such an inclusion does not attract a fee, provided that the reproduction is not sold. To avoid any confusion, or if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact The Wedding Wordsmith.
The CD-ROM is housed in a slimline jewel case and arrives at your door in a specially designed Australia Post cardboard disk mailer. It will be posted the next business day after your payment has cleared. No liability is accepted for items lost or damaged in transit. Please enquire about combined postage.
The Ultimate Wedding Word Guide - The original literary works in this compilation were written by The Wedding Wordsmith. These works are either separate or combined examples of a variety of traditional and contemporary writing styles. These styles are included in some, or all, of the following selections: poems, vows, speeches, invitations, reception messages.
Any, or all, of these selections may have been originally written, and/or revised, during a previous year, however this particular revised edition was first published in 2006. Therefore, the CD-ROM is a current edition and was self-published in 2006 by the author.
It contains new items, having never been previously sold, hired, leased, loaned, or transferred to any other party. To avoid any confusion, or if you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact The Wedding Wordsmith.