FAQs

Provided your church holds a Church Video Licence (CVL) and a PRS for Music Church Licence you can show films authorised under the CVL in church activities using an legal streaming service. If you are only showing film scenes during your regular worship services, and not during any other church activities, you will not require the PRS for Music licence in addition to the CVL.

A Church Video Licence (CVL) is required to show authorised films/film scenes in any context within church. You would also need a licence from IMRO if showing a film or film scene outside of your regular worship services (Acts of Worship), but not if you only use film scenes during your regular worship services.

Find out more about showing YouTube videos in church.

Many DVDs designed as small group material for churches include the right to show it in this context. Check the information printed on the resource or at the beginning of the DVD. If permission is not included, and your church has a Church Video Licence (CVL) you can check if it’s covered using the CVL authorised producer list.

If you’re still not sure, you may need to contact the publisher to confirm the rights granted for use.

You should always ensure you have permission to use copyrighted material in church, regardless of the source.

The Church Video Licence grants permission to publicly display authorised content otherwise intended for private, personal use only. This means you can display any video which is covered by your licence provided you are showing it from an official channel or legally-obtained source.

The CCLI Church Copyright Licence and Streaming Plus Licence do not cover the visual element of a song video. Therefore, regardless of the source, we recommend you have direct permission from the owner before displaying a song or lyric video in church.

You may require licences from IMRO and/or PPI  for this purpose. Please contact them for clarification.

The Church Video licence (CVL) does not permit churches to advertise the specific title to the general public. This would include a notice board outside of the church or fliers distributed to the general public, or a banner on your website. However, you may include the film title in any advertising within the church building, including notice sheets etc. and you may advertise a ‘film night’ that doesn’t reference a specific title along with contact details for the church if people want to find out further information.

We would advise you contact the producer directly if they are not included on our authorised list. Alternatively, single title screening licences are available from the MPLC or Filmbank.

You would be able to use the Church Video Licence (CVL) your church holds if the event is an outreach of the church. You would also need to ensure the film’s producer is covered by the CVL and no admission charge is made. The venue will also need to hold a licence from IMRO. You would be able to charge for refreshments and you also could accept donations. You must not advertise the film publicly but can promote it within your church. If you don’t have a CVL, CCLI can still provide an Event Video Licence for a one-off screening. Please contact us for further information.

Our step-by-step guide will provide all the information you need.

There are simply too many films available to list the ones covered by the CVL. Instead, we provide a list of Authorised Studios/Producers. If the studio/producer with the UK Theatrical right for the film is included on this list, the film is covered. Read our step-by-step guide for details of how to find out who holds the Theatrical right for a film.

The Church Copyright Licence terms define a church as:

‘A distinct group of Christian worshippers congregating at a particular location.’

Licences are required if copyright-protected resources are reproduced, photocopied, printed, projected from electronic song databases or OHP slides, performed, or audio/video recorded during the course of, or in preparation for, activities undertaken by the church.

Generally, this definition is adequate. However, not all churches operate in the same way and CCLI is sometimes asked to explain what happens, for example, when congregations meet in different places each week, or a single team ministry works through multiple sites? And what happens if a church decides to ‘plant’ a new church on the nearby housing estate, but with the same pastoral oversight?

Churches and Benefices

Churches can often have close association with neighbouring churches of the same denomination, for example Methodist circuits and Anglican benefices. This does not mean we treat them as one church, even if only one minister oversees them all. They remain distinct congregations for licensing purposes. For more information contact CCLI.

Church Plants

These, by definition, create new distinct congregations and would require separate licensing. For more contact CCLI.

Multi-site

If a church has a town/city-wide vision and purposefully seeks to undertake its activities from multiple locations, albeit under a single leadership, these different locations will require separate licensing if the following are generally true:

They are several miles apart
Separate resources have to be provided / created per site, e.g. to facilitate worship
Each site has its own audio visual installations including song lyric projection
Each site has a distinct core of the people attending

Roving Congregations

Where a group of small church congregations have joined together to form one new larger congregation, but which meets in each of the original church buildings on a weekly rotation basis, CCLI can make some licensing concessions. For more information contact CCLI.

Town-wide/Inter-church Celebration Services

If a group of churches gathers for a joint service or celebration, as a one-off or a regular event, there are a number of factors that must be considered when determining licence requirements. These include the frequency of the event, the numbers attending and the venue(s). Please contact CCLI to discuss your particular licence requirements.

The internet makes it easy to source and download a vast array of images, but you should not assume you have the right to use them without permission, even if it’s for your own personal or charitable use. This is because in Ireland copyright is an automatic right that is given to the owner of a piece of work the moment it is written down or recorded in some tangible format. So if another person has created the work and you want to use it, even though the photograph does not show any copyright information, you must first contact the owner or a body acting on their behalf for permission.

Alternatively, try searching for images which are free to use (such as images assigned a Creative Commons licence). Always ensure you include any acknowledgements stipulated whenever you use the image.

To search the lists of the songs, catalogues, publications, publishers and producers/studios covered by CCLI’s licences, visit our Authorised lists page.

Yes, it’s likely you will need licence(s). CCLI views the use of a visualiser for showing publications as a ‘copying event’ and deems that a copy/reproduction has been made, a view shared by other copyright organisations such as CLA who currently adminster the Schools Printed Music Licence (SPML) which covers song reproduction in curricular activities. If you show song words or printed music publications using a visualiser for your services, or collective worship, you will need to hold the appropriate copyright licences.

If your hall is an integral part of the church building then the PRS Church Licence will cover the entire building including the hall unless more than six concerts/recitals per year are held in the church premises. If your hall is a separate building, whether or not it is within the curtilage of the church, then the hall can only be covered by CCLI if activities where music is played are run predominately by and for the church congregation. In all other cases PRS for Music will license the hall directly as a separate building. With regard to recorded music being played socially the PPL would only cover non-commercial third party hirers. Please contact our Customer Services department on +44 (0)1323 436100 for further information.

The Church Copyright Licence (CCL) permits churches to make customised instrumental arrangements of authorised hymns and worship songs provided that no published version is available.

Scoring copyright music by hand would require permission from the copyright holders. The Music Reproduction Licence (MRL)/Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence (CWMRL) covers customised instrumental arrangements of music compositions provided that no published version is available. All aspects of the music, apart from the instrumentation, must remain unchanged. The original copy must have been purchased by the church or a church member.

Public Domain songs are songs that are no longer protected by copyright law. As such, you do not need permission to copy, reproduce or adapt them. No CCLI reporting is required for PD songs.

Copyright protection lasts for 70 years following the death of the last surviving author/writer, after which the song becomes PD.

Copyright law protects the owner from any unauthorised changes to their work. Therefore, you would need to contact the copyright owner and obtain their permission before making any changes to their song.

If you’re a church, it’s the average number of people who attend your main service that decides your size category. If your church holds more than one main service to accommodate everyone who wishes to attend (i.e. a repeat of the main service rather than a different style of service) then you would add the two averages together to work out your size category. However, if a church holds more than one service, but those services are distinctly different and do not exist simply because the congregation can’t all meet at the same time, then the size category will be based on the average attendance at whichever service is largest.

If you’re a school, your size category is determined by the total number of pupils on your school roll.

A house group would require a licence if they are reproducing song words and/or music for leading worship.

‘All rights reserved’ simply indicates that a song is under copyright and you cannot reproduce or change it without the appropriate permissions. The Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) permits you to reproduce authorised songs even if the copyright line reads ‘all rights reserved’.

The copyright year would usually be printed at the bottom or top of the authorised sheet music.

The Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) covers the translation of an authorised song’s lyrics from the original published version into a preferred language where no published version is available. The translation must be exclusively for use in church worship services.

Translations of the Bible (e.g. NIV or ESV) are usually protected by copyright meaning permission is required to reproduce their text in any form. We suggest that you refer to the title page of the Bible you wish to use, which would provide information on copyright. If in doubt we suggest you contact the publisher of that translation.

Yes. The CCL covers the congregation rather than the building. It therefore covers all church-related activities.

A licence would not be required unless the words/music for copyrighted songs were being projected, reproduced or copied.

To upload commercial music recordings or the live recording of a performance of a copyright work to a website requires permission.

IMRO should be able to offer a licence for this purpose and we recommend contacting them for advice. In addition, if uploading a recording of a live performance, ensure you have the permission of the performers.

To live-stream, or webcast services which include live worship music via your website, or a video-sharing site such as YouTube or Facebook Live, you will usually need a combination of the CCLI Streaming Licence and an IMRO Online Music Licence.

Before publishing any text extract, including song words, liturgy or poetry, always obtain the permission of the copyright owner, who would be entitled to charge you if they discover you have published their work without permission.

Provided your church holds a Church Video Licence (CVL) and a PRS for Music Church Licence you can show films authorised under the CVL in church activities using an legal streaming service. If you are only showing film scenes during your regular worship services, and not during any other church activities, you will not require the PRS for Music licence in addition to the CVL.

If your recording includes commercial music recordings, videos or the live recording of a performance of a copyright work you will require a licence or the permission of the copyright owner. The CCLI Streaming Licence covers the streaming of live performances of many worship songs and hymns, while the CCLI Streaming Plus Licence also covers many song recordings, such as artist tracks, backing tracks and multitracks.

In addition, if uploading a recording of a live performance, ensure you have the permission of the performers.

Before publishing any text extract, including song words, liturgy or poetry, always obtain the permission of the copyright owner, who would be entitled to charge you if they discover you have published their work without permission.

Unfortunately there are many websites illegally offering lyric and music downloads, so we would recommend caution before using them. If you are downloading from an authorised company these can be reported in the usual manner. You may be interested in the CCLI SongSelect® subscription service, which enables churches to download lyrics and transposable chord sheets, lead sheets and vocal sheets.

You should always ensure you have permission to use copyrighted material in church, regardless of the source.

The Church Video Licence grants permission to publicly display authorised content otherwise intended for private, personal use only. This means you can display any video which is covered by your licence provided you are showing it from an official channel or legally-obtained source.

The CCLI Church Copyright Licence and Streaming Plus Licence do not cover the visual element of a song video. Therefore, regardless of the source, we recommend you have direct permission from the owner before displaying a song or lyric video in church.

You can use file-sharing websites to distribute sheet music provided you have a Music Reproduction Licence (MRL) and the shared folders are password protected with access only granted to members of your church. However, whenever a sheet music file is downloaded from a shared storage site, a new copy has been made which would then need to be reported under the MRL.

You may upload sermons to the internet provided they don’t contain any copyright material, and you have the permission of any speakers or contributors.

To live-stream, or webcast services which include live worship music via your website, or a video-sharing site such as YouTube or Facebook Live, you will usually need a CCLI Streaming Licence

If you are hosting the stream or webcast on your church website you will also require an IMRO Online Music Licence.

Find out more about recording, podcasting and live-streaming church services.

Each page should have the Music Reproduction Licence Number, in the following format: Photocopied By Permission. MRL No. [ ]

No. The Music Reproduction Licence (MRL)/Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence (CWMRL) is a supplementary licence to the Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) and only available as an add-on.

The number of copies permitted under the terms of the Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) and Music Reproduction Licence (MRL)/Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence (CWMRL) is restricted to your category size registered with CCLI. For example, a category B/BB (50-99) size church/school can make up to 99 copies under their licence(s).

Yes. If you no longer have licence cover, you cease to exercise any right to use the copies and they should be destroyed.

You can use file-sharing websites to distribute sheet music provided you have a Music Reproduction Licence (MRL) and the shared folders are password protected with access only granted to members of your church. However, whenever a sheet music file is downloaded from a shared storage site, a new copy has been made which would then need to be reported under the MRL.

The Church Copyright Licence (CCL) permits churches to make customised instrumental arrangements of authorised hymns and worship songs provided that no published version is available.

The number of copies permitted under the terms of the Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) is restricted to your category size registered with CCLI. For example, a category B/BB (50-99) size church/school can make up to 99 copies under their CCL/CWCL.

Scoring copyright music by hand would require permission from the copyright holders. The Music Reproduction Licence (MRL)/Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence (CWMRL) covers customised instrumental arrangements of music compositions provided that no published version is available. All aspects of the music, apart from the instrumentation, must remain unchanged. The original copy must have been purchased by the church or a church member.

Copying lawfully purchased media from one format to another, e.g. from a computer to a CD, is known as Format Shifting. Format Shifting is not currently permitted in law, even for personal use, or for sharing media with other members of a household. While some exceptions may exist for libraries, museums and educational establishments for the archiving or preservation of certain works, these exceptions would not extend to individuals or churches.

You will probably require licences from IMRO and PPI to play recorded music in church activities such as children’s and youth clubs, but not within a Sunday School which takes place as part of a worship service.

You may require licences from both IMRO and PPI  to play music within a public setting. Please contact them for clarification.

You may require licences from both IMRO and PPI  to play hold music on a phone system. Please contact them for clarification.

Neither licence is required for any use of music within an Act of Worship, for example, a Sunday worship service, where no entry charge is made.

For activities outside of Acts of Worship, an IMRO licence is required for live music performances, and licences from both IMRO and PPI are required if playing recorded music.

In addition, a TV licence is required to show television programmes in church activities.

To show films or film scenes outside of a worship time you’ll require an IMRO licence as well as a Church Video Licence (CVL).

You may require licences from both IMRO and PPI  to play music within a public setting. Please contact them for clarification.

If your recording includes commercial music recordings, videos or the live recording of a performance of a copyright work you will require a licence or the permission of the copyright owner. The CCLI Streaming Licence covers the streaming of live performances of many worship songs and hymns, while the CCLI Streaming Plus Licence also covers many song recordings, such as artist tracks, backing tracks and multitracks.

In addition, if uploading a recording of a live performance, ensure you have the permission of the performers.

Before publishing any text extract, including song words, liturgy or poetry, always obtain the permission of the copyright owner, who would be entitled to charge you if they discover you have published their work without permission.

We recommend contacting IMRO for clarification.

You may upload sermons to the internet provided they don’t contain any copyright material, and you have the permission of any speakers or contributors.

To live-stream, or webcast services which include live worship music via your website, or a video-sharing site such as YouTube or Facebook Live, you will usually need a CCLI Streaming Licence

If you are hosting the stream or webcast on your church website you will also require an IMRO Online Music Licence.

Find out more about recording, podcasting and live-streaming church services.

To record services of activities where music is played you will probably require licences from IMRO and/or PPI . Please contact them for clarification.

To record services of activities where music is played you will probably require a licence from IMRO. Please contact them for clarification.

You would most likely require a licence from IMRO for this purpose. Please contact them for clarification.

To record services of activities where music is played you will probably require a licence from IMRO. Please contact them for clarification.

You may require licences from IMRO and/or PPI  for this purpose. Please contact them for clarification.

As reporting can be done automatically or manually, how you report depends on the licences you hold and which method you choose.

Once set up correctly, auto-reporting is continuous and requires no regular input from account Users. However, we recommend someone checks your reporting account occasionally to ensure auto-reporting is working correctly.

For manual reporting there is no limit to the number of Users who can report. Your account Administrator can send an ‘invite’ to anyone within your church to join your account. They will then be able to access CCLI reporting and submit manual reports.

The Music Reproduction Licence (MRL) permits licence holders to scan authorised songs from authorised songbooks. Each time the scanned file is subsequently printed or shared electronically (e.g. as a PDF attached to an email or a file downloaded from a file-sharing site such as DropBox) this counts as a separate reproduction and should be included in your CCLI reporting.

Reproducing the words to songs using an Overhead Projector and acetates is defined as ‘Print’ (because you have written/typed/printed or copied the words onto an OHP acetate)

Yes, the Reporting search should still find your song. However, when a song is registered with CCLI it is most commonly done under the song’s official title which is often different to the first line. This occasionally causes confusion for the reporter. For example, Stuart Townend’s The Lord’s My Shepherd is actually called Psalm 23. Some have asked why the Reporting site won’t let you search by first line. It does, but sometimes the search result won’t match your search criteria because you searched by first line and the result is the song’s title. A good example of this would be a search for Graham Kendrick’s From Heaven You Came Helpless Babe which will return The Servant King as the first (and correct) result.

You will be sent a verification email when you create your User Account with a link that you must click within 24 hours to complete the sign-up process. If you haven’t received this email it’s likely that it got caught in your junk mail filter, so please check there first. If you still can’t find it, please contact us.

If a song is covered by CCLI’s licences, it is called authorised. There are a small number of popular and regularly sung songs which are not covered by CCLI and these are referred to as Unauthorised. The Reporting website features all songs authorised under the Church Copyright Licence (CCL). If you can’t find the song you wish to report, please check carefully that you are entering the correct details. If you still can’t find it, it could mean a couple different things. The song information may not yet be submitted to CCLI by the publisher, or it may mean that you have reproduced an unauthorised song. In each case there is no need for you to report any activity. Please note, however, that permission to reproduce unauthorised songs must be obtained directly from the publisher.

Unfortunately, songwriters don’t always choose unique titles for their songs, and there can often be several versions/arrangements of the same song by different authors. This can cause some challenges when trying to report a specific song. The ‘POPULAR’ feature is there to help, showing the most common titles. If you find multiple results with that same song title, please check the names of the authors and copyright information to determine which song you need to report against.

TIP: If you click on the ‘i’ symbol next to a song title in the list of search results it will display further information about that song including the author, catalogue and copyright details, lyric preview and often a sound sample too.

You’ll find help-guides at ccli.com/reporting.

Only the Administrator can add or remove users and change who the Account Administrator is. If this person is no longer around, please contact CCLI.

Yes, you can amend your report at any time during your assigned reporting period. To make a change, click History, choose the song you wish to edit, click the arrow to the left of the song’s title, then the three dots to the right of the reporting categories.

CCLI’s Reporting system is not set up for once-a-year reporting, and we rely on regular reports to ensure we can distribute royalties fairly.

However, as reporting can be done automatically or manually, how often you should report depends on the licenses you hold and which method you choose.

Once set up correctly, auto-reporting is continuous.

For manual reporting, we recommend that you report as you go. You can assign as many Users as you need to your account. This means that everyone who reproduces songs, or makes copies, can take responsibility for reporting. If you do fall behind, you can report retrospectively to catch up.

You can see how many times a song has been reported within the current reporting period. Click History, choose the song you wish to view, then click the arrow to the left of the song’s title to see a list of previous reports of that song.

Yes, it’s still important to report. To do so, simply log in to the Reporting website and click Nothing to Report.

No. You need only report each time a song is reproduced.

You can use file-sharing websites to distribute sheet music provided you have a Music Reproduction Licence (MRL) and the shared folders are password protected with access only granted to members of your church. However, whenever a sheet music file is downloaded from a shared storage site, a new copy has been made which would then need to be reported under the MRL.

Search for the song using CCLI’s SongSelect which contains details of all songs covered by the Church Copyright Licence/Collective Worship Copyright Licence. In the rare event that the song is too new to be listed within SongSelect, check the authorised catalogue. If the copyright owner of the song is listed and the purpose of the copy is to assist the congregation, then you are free to reproduce the song.

The Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) permits you to print authorised song/hymn words in a ‘home-made’ songbook for use in your services/assemblies. When you first create the book, you should report each song contained within it just once under PRINT. You don’t need to report the total number of songbooks you make, or any subsequent use of these same printed books again, regardless of how long you keep them. If you add additional songs, these should then be reported once under PRINT. However, if you subsequently print additional copies of your book, you should report again each song once under PRINT.

The number of copies permitted under the terms of the Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) and Music Reproduction Licence (MRL)/Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence (CWMRL) is restricted to your category size registered with CCLI. For example, a category B/BB (50-99) size church/school can make up to 99 copies under their licence(s).

Yes. If you no longer have licence cover, you cease to exercise any right to use the copies and they should be destroyed.

Your Church Copyright Licence (CCL) would the reproduction of authorised song words within an Order of Service. You should ensure that the correct copyright information is printed within the Order of Service. This can be found using SongSelect.

Yes, it’s likely you will need licence(s). CCLI views the use of a visualiser for showing publications as a ‘copying event’ and deems that a copy/reproduction has been made, a view shared by other copyright organisations such as CLA who currently adminster the Schools Printed Music Licence (SPML) which covers song reproduction in curricular activities. If you show song words or printed music publications using a visualiser for your services, or collective worship, you will need to hold the appropriate copyright licences.

Public Domain songs are songs that are no longer protected by copyright law. As such, you do not need permission to copy, reproduce or adapt them. No CCLI reporting is required for PD songs.

Copyright protection lasts for 70 years following the death of the last surviving author/writer, after which the song becomes PD.

Under the words of each song reproduced you are required to include the following: “[author], © [year, owner], [your licence number]” e.g. Fred Smiley, © 2007 Happy Music Ltd., CCL No, 123456

Search for the song using CCLI’s SongSelect which contains details of all songs covered by the Church Copyright Licence/Collective Worship Copyright Licence. In the rare event that the song is too new to be listed within SongSelect, check the authorised catalogue. If the copyright owner of the song is listed and the purpose of the copy is to assist the congregation, then you are free to reproduce the song.

You can obtain the current list on our website by going to SongSelect and open the authorised catalogues option to view the copyright owners/publishers.

Because a separate copyright exists in typography, to photocopy from an authorised music-publication or sheet music document you must have the Music Reproduction Licence (MRL)/Collective Worship Music Reproduction Licence (CWMRL) which is an optional add-on to the CCL/CWCL. However, you may photocopy from pages you have typed out yourself or hand-written.

CCLI cannot give permission to reproduce any material for which the copyright owner cannot be traced. If you reproduce these songs it is at your own discretion, and you must be prepared to pay royalties if the owner becomes known at a later date.

The Church Copyright Licence (CCL)/Collective Worship Copyright Licence (CWCL) permits you to print authorised song/hymn words in a ‘home-made’ songbook for use in your services/assemblies. When you first create the book, you should report each song contained within it just once under PRINT. You don’t need to report the total number of songbooks you make, or any subsequent use of these same printed books again, regardless of how long you keep them. If you add additional songs, these should then be reported once under PRINT. However, if you subsequently print additional copies of your book, you should report again each song once under PRINT.

Copyright law protects the owner from any unauthorised changes to their work. Therefore, you would need to contact the copyright owner and obtain their permission before making any changes to their song.

A licence would not be required unless the words/music for copyrighted songs were being projected, reproduced or copied.

SongSelect is a subscription service available to churches which hold a Church Copyright Licence (CCL). When your church purchases a SongSelect subscription, we’ll send you an Email containing your church’s Access Code. Follow the instructions in the email to set up your account. The person who initially sets up the account becomes the Account Administrator (though you can change this later). Once you’ve set up your account, you’ll have the option to ‘invite’ members of your church worship/PA/projection team to join your account, who will then become Users.

As an individual, you can set up a free SongSelect account at any time. This free account will give you limited access to SongSelect, including full access to the resources of songs within the Public Domain. A free SongSelect account is a great way of trialling SongSelect before you purchase a church subscription.

If someone in your church already has a FREE (Public Domain only) SongSelect account, they can simply link their existing account to your church subscription using your church Access Code. They will then have access to all the features of your church’s subscription level.

It is illegal to download words or sheet music from websites that are not authorised by the song’s copyright owner. As long as your church holds a current Church Copyright Licence, you can purchase SongSelect® and download songs legally.

Although SongSelect keeps a record of which songs you’ve downloaded, we don’t know how you’ve used them in your worship, so they must still be reported.

However, as reporting can be done automatically or manually, how you report depends on the licenses you hold and which method you choose.

Auto-reporting is enabled by connecting participating worship, planning, or presentation software to CCLI’s Reporting tool. Songs will then be reported automatically from your setlists and service plans provided you input each CCLI song number. If you connect your SongSelect account to your service software, you can pull your lyrics in from SongSelect and the CCLI song numbers will be pulled in too. As long as it is set up correctly, auto-reporting is continuous.

For guidance on manual reporting, visit ccli.com/reporting.

Lyric downloads have no limit. SongSelect Advanced and Premium allow you to download/print sheet music for up to 200 distinct songs per year. Additional songs can be purchased in increments of 50 upon request. However upon renewal any downloads left over would be lost.

Yes. Please contact call us on +44 (0)1323 436100 for more details.

Some software packages incorporate a feature which links to your SongSelect® account. View a list of official SongSelect API partners here.

Additional users can be added at SongSelect®. Anyone assigned as an Account Administrator can invite others to the account by using the tab “Link user to the Account.”

Yes. Although anyone can set up a free account and explore the free features of SongSelect, your church must hold an existing Church Copyright Licence (CCL)  to purchase any subscription level version of SongSelect®. Once your church has purchased an account, you can link your free account to it or the account Administrator can invite you to join.

A unique download would be one individual song. A church would have 200 downloads per licence period. If a song is printed off in a different key or if multiple copies are printed of the same song, this would still only count as one unique download.

Your church can have unlimited users on SongSelect® and they can access SongSelect from any web device. Each user will need to create their own personal account and log in details and then they will be able to link to the church account.

There is no charge to register songs with CCLI. Please complete our Copyright Administration form to request a Song Owner Agreement Pack or for further information.

In the Ireland, copyright is automatic as soon as you have written down or recorded your work in a tangible format. Ireland law provides the creator of a song with two main rights. The first is economic, giving the owner the right to charge any person who wishes to copy, perform or record their work for any commercial or non-commercial use. The second is a moral right, protecting the work from any use or arrangement that is contrary to the wishes of the copyright owner.

CCLI is unable to recommend any particular publisher to you. The contact details for numerous music publishers, whom you may wish to contact directly, can be found on the Authorised Administrator List.

Under current copyright law, a newly-written song is protected from the moment that it is written down or recorded in some physical or tangible format. Songs do not have to be registered in anyway to have copyright protection, however you may wish to take steps to prove your ownership of the work, such as sending a copy to yourself by registered post and retaining it, unopened. Another option would be to register your work with a professional agency.

CCLI pays out royalties to registered song owners based on the copy activity reports from our licence holding churches and other organisations.

To become a registered Copyright Owner with CCLI, you need to complete our Owner Agreement. Please contact our Intellectual Property Department for details.