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. If a song is covered by CCLI’s licences, it is called authorised. Do I need a licence if I am making a wedding video for a friend? SongSelect is a subscription service available to churches which hold a Church Copyright Licence (CCL). 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. For instance, a church that duplicates sheet music or records DVDs of the performance of a song will probably require a license. And if they're honest, the licensing salesmen will admit it. © 2020 Christian Copyright Licensing International. How can I find out what is covered by my licence? 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. We record our sermons for our web-site. But these recordings may only be made for non-commercial purposes. “I need a performance license to play secular music in service.” Due to the religious service … They include the right to publicly perform the work, to reproduce the work, and to redistribute the work, among other rights. Title 17 of the United States Code, governing copyright, reserves several rights to the author of a creative work. Can we show YouTube clips within our church services and activities? 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. Please contact our Intellectual Property Department for details. Unfortunately there are many websites illegally offering lyric and music downloads, so we would recommend caution before using them. Can we play CDs/MP3s during our children's and youth work? License Restrictions. to facilitate worship Another part of our license agreement is that your church will report … Yes. Check the information printed on the resource or at the beginning of the DVD. The short answer is probably “yes.”. With a CLA Church Licence you can scan a page from an authorised publication into a computer and then use a projector to show it. Are we allowed to reproduce songs and music downloaded from websites if we have a Church Copyright Licence (CCL)? If your hall is a separate and unconnected building, whether or not it is within the curtilage of the church, then the hall can still be covered by CCLI if activities where music is played are run predominately by and for the church congregation. Otherwise, you would need the permission of the owner of the publication for the typographical right as well as the owner of any copyright works (text and images) on the page and adhere to any acknowledgements they stipulate. Of course, this exemption applies only to the public performance right, not the other rights that the composer has. You must not advertise the film publicly but can promote it within your church.