My question is, can a court of law find against a defendant in a copyright infringement case without violating the 1st Amendment, if the situation is as follows:
The material in question is audio recordings of preachings in mp3 format that was once posted on the internet by the original owner and creator for public listening with no download restrictions
The material in question is used only for sharing and is never sold or traded
The material in question is used as part of the daily religious practice of the adherants
The material in question is not available to the adherants by any other means
The original owner and creator of the material in question is deceased, and their successor has made the material inaccessable, contrary to the expressed wishes of the original owner and creator of the material
The question therefore is, if a court of law rules that the adherants of the religious group have no legal right to share amongst each other the material in question, would that ruling constitute prohibiting the free exercise of a religion?

