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Copyright Licences
Licences for Churches
Keeping Churches Covered
The heightened accessibility offered by the internet, coupled with major advances in technology, means that churches now have access to a vast range of music, video and creative works for use in their services and activities. But the issues related to copyright are complicated, and legal compliance can be confusing. CCLI is here to make it simple. Our licences are tailored for the differing needs of churches and are designed to enable the fair and legal use of creative works while saving valuable administrative time, effort and expense.
Church Copyright Licence™
Protect your church. The Church Copyright Licence permits churches to project or print out the words to the world’s great worship songs and hymns. Further, the licence permits the creation of custom musical arrangements where no published version exists. A simple alternative to seeking direct permission from each copyright owner, the Church Copyright Licence is a trusted solution and presently covers more than 230,000 churches worldwide.
Full details: Church Copyright Licence Terms of Agreement
Project and Print Lyrics
Projects song lyrics or reproduce them in custom song and service sheets for congregational singing
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Easily access more than 200,000 song lyrics through SongSelect
Pricing: Church Copyright Licence
The Church Copyright Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year, or a one-time Event Licence.
Important to note:
Get cover to photocopy, scan and file-share typeset sheet music by adding the supplementary Music Reproduction Licence.
Get simple access to thousands of lyrics and sheet music files by adding SongSelect.
Confused about copyright?
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Churches have the benefit of a simple 'one stop' solution to most of their copyright problems with the added benefit of knowing that most of the revenue generated goes into Christian Ministry.
CCLI Streaming Licences
Worship together online. The CCLI Streaming Licence™ provides a solution for churches wishing to stream or webcast their services, including the live worship, via platforms that are otherwise only intended for personal use. Upgrade to the Streaming Plus Licence™ to add authorisation to stream Master Recordings and Multitracks. Both licences include the right to show lyrics as part of the stream, to enable viewers to sing along. If you are hosting the stream on your own church website you may also require a Online Music Licence directly from IMRO. The CCLI Streaming Licence and CCLI Streaming Plus Licence is available to Church Copyright Licence holders. See our Terms of Agreement for more details.
For full details visit our Streaming Your Service page.
Stream Services
Post live-recorded worship services on your church's site or other streaming platforms
Stream Master Recordings and Multitracks NEW
Use master recordings and multitracks (e.g. stems, backing tracks, community tracks) during your streamed church services
Pricing: Streaming Licence
The Streaming and Streaming Plus Licences are offered as Annual Licences, renewed each year. Choose Streaming Plus if you use master recordings or multi tracks in your online services.
Important to note:
The Streaming Licences are available to customers with a Church Copyright Licence.
CCLI Music Reproduction Licence™
Covering typography. You may be unaware that permission is required to photocopy typeset sheet music even if the work you wish to reproduce is no longer in copyright. Why? Because typography retains its own copyright. To address this issue, the Music Reproduction Licence was designed as an optional add-on to the Church Copyright Licence. This licence enables you to legally photocopy or scan typeset pages from many of the songbooks and music publications commonly used by churches. It also permits you to share sheet music digitally—such as by emailing PDFs to others or by downloading music from a file-sharing app.
Full details: Music Reproduction Licence Terms of Agreement
Copy or Scan
Photocopy only the pages you need from a single master songbook, music publication or file
Share Digital Files
Distribute digital sheet music files to choir or band members via email or shared app
Pricing: Music Reproduction Licence
The Music Reproduction Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year, or a one-time Event Licence.
Important to note:
The MRL is available only as an add-on to the
Church Copyright Licence.
Confused about copyright?
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Use our Healthcheck tool to confirm your church is correctly covered.
The ability of CCLI to support the musical and written content being created in and for the church really empowers the act of worship in every local church.
Church Video Licence™
Unlock the power of film. The Church Video Licence provides the legal cover required to publicly show film scenes during services. When combined with the appropriate licence from IMRO, it also permits the use of films outside of worship services. The Church Video Licence covers a huge range of films from a huge list of studios, including: 20th Century Fox, Disney, MGM, Paramount, Pixar and Universal. To further inspire your use of film scenes in teaching, standard membership of ScreenVue® is included in the price.
Learn more: Church Video Licence + ScreenVue
Illustrate Your Teaching
Underscore key sermon points or bring children’s teaching to life with relevant and dynamic film scenes
Use Film for Mission
Inspire Gospel conversations by using films in socials, outreach events or during childrens' and youth clubs
Pricing: Church Video Licence
The Church Video Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year, or a 14-day only Short-Term Licence (priced per person).
Important to note:
To show films outside of Acts of Worship (regular worship services) you’ll also need a performance licence from IMRO which covers music on the film’s soundtrack.
Confused about copyright?
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Use our Healthcheck tool to confirm your church is correctly covered.
CCLI has the vision and potential to be the most significant music resource to a post-modern church living in the throes of a global spiritual awakening.
Licences for Schools
Inspiring Assemblies
CCLI’s school licences offer a simple and effective way to ensure you’re legally covered to reproduce songs and hymns during assemblies and times of collective worship. They simplify legal access to the words and music of thousands of popular assembly songs.
Collective Worship Copyright Licence
Encourage assembly singing. The Collective Worship Copyright Licence permits schools to project or print the words of a huge number of popular hymns and assembly songs during times of collective worship. You can project lyrics onto a big screen, print song/service sheets or make OHP acetates. With this licence, schools are also covered to make musical arrangements for transposing instruments where a published version does not exist, and even record songs sung during assemblies. Licence fees are based on the total number of pupils on the school roll.
Full details: CWCL Terms of Agreement
Project and Print Lyrics
Projects song lyrics or reproduce them in custom song and service sheets to encourage singing in assemblies
Custom Arrangements
Make custom arrangements where no published version exists; often a must for school bands which include woodwind or brass instruments
Pricing: Collective Worship Copyright Licence
The Collective Worship Copyright Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year.
Note:
Get cover to photocopy, scan and file-share typeset
sheet music by adding the supplementary
Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence.
Get simple access to thousands of lyrics and sheet music files
by adding SongSelect.
CCLI continues to be an invaluable resource for churches everywhere who want easy access to all the latest songs and hymns, while fulfilling their legal and ethical responsibilities regarding copyright.
Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence
Copy and share. In publications, a distinct copyright exists in typography. This means that permission is required to photocopy from typeset pages even if the song you wish to reproduce is no longer in copyright. The Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence permits schools to photocopy, scan and share typeset sheet music from many of the hymn and song books popular in school assemblies. With this licence you can also distribute digital sheet music files by emailing them as PDFs or sharing them via a secure file-sharing app.
Licence details: CWMRL Terms of Agreement
Copy or Scan
Photocopy only the pages you need from a single master songbook, music publication or file
Share Digital Files
Distribute digital files of sheet music to choir or band members via email or shared app
Pricing: Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence
The Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year.
Important Note:
The CWMRL is available only as an add-on to the
Collective Worship Copyright Licence.
I am grateful for the chance to be a part of the CCLI community. There is no greater or stronger organisation in the world than our Lord's church. And CCLI continues to strongly support and bless this church. CCLI is a strong foundation for worship music today.
Licensing Organisations
Simplifying Copyright
CCLI recognises that every organisation is different. We appreciate that understanding copyright and how it applies to your organisation can be complicated and frustrating. We’re here to help simplify things for many Christian ministries, organisations and itinerant workers.
You’ll find more information about how we can serve different types of organisation in our Licences for Organisations page. However, since every organisation is unique, we usually find it’s best to start by talking through your particular needs.
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