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CCLI is a privately owned company that was founded in the US in 1988 by Howard Rachinski, who is the President/CEO. CCLI was launched after being developed by Howard for 3 1/2 years while he was a Music Minister at a large church in Portland, Oregon. This prototype was called Starpraise Ministries, which began in May 1985. CCLI offers copyright licensing of songs and other resource materials for use in Christian worship. The aim of CCLI has always been to provide services to facilitate worship (see the Vision and Mission below), benefiting the churches, while at the same time also benefiting the copyright owners.
Since its foundation, CCLI has expanded around the world to: Australia, Botswana, Canada, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Swaziland, Sweden, United Kingdom, Zimbabwe.
The licenses / services offered by CCLI have expanded, including:
As of July 15, 2007, the annual fee for a US CCLI license ranged from $49 (for a church size less than 25 people) to $4260 (for a church size greater than 200,000 people).[1] License fees are similar for churches in other countries, taking exchange rates into account.[2][3]
"CCLI distributes the majority of the License Fee to the copyright owners (i.e. publishers and songwriters) as royalties."[1] More information about CCLI's royalty distribution policies is available on the CCLI web site.[4] That page also says "Every year CCLI holds an Owner's Meeting for each region, where full details of License fees collected, and royalties distributed, are reported. Every song copyright owner participating in the Church Copyright License program is invited to the meeting for that region."
It is important to note that the performance of works in copyright (for example, playing music) as part of an act of worship is specifically exempted from copyright laws in several countries[5][6].
Problems began to arise during the 1970s, when large numbers of new worship songs were written and became popular in many churches. Managing these songs was difficult, as churches typically used material drawn from a number of songbooks, and new publications were released frequently. It became common practice for churches to either create their own songbook, to include songs on a service sheet, or to project the songs using an overhead projector. (Slide projectors were occasionally used in the early days, and today the use of a video projector is more common). All these options required making a copy of the lyrics, an act which was in breach of copyright law.
The same issues arose for church musicians, who needed a collection of music books. Frequently, they resorted to photocopying music, which again is a breach of copyright law.
To undertake this legally would previously have required a church to obtain permission from all the copyright holders, a time-consuming and potentially costly process. CCLI has simplified matters by negotiating agreements with music publishers that enable them to issue licenses giving permission for words or music to be copied in return for a specified fee.
To establish a strong communication network serving the Body of Christ, which enables the dispensing of comprehensive and valuable informational, inspirational resources, both primary and secondary in origination.
To encourage the spirit of worship through music to the local church collectively and to Christians individually, so that they may enhance their worship expression spontaneously, conveniently, affordably and legally.
A CCLI license is not needed if copying of music is not undertaken by a church or other organisation. For example, if a church just uses published hymnbooks or songbooks, then no license is needed.
If music is copied with the permission of the copyright owner (eg if a church member composes an original work), then no license is needed.
No license is needed if all music is in the public domain or covered by something like the Creative Commons licences. As an example, most hymns published before 1923 are in the public domain.
CCLI maintains a list of songs that are in the public domain [2]. If all of the songs that an organization uses are in that list, then the organization does not need to pay the CCLI license fee. As of July 15, 2007, CCLI's list contained 7270 public domain songs. When a Church has a license from an other Organisation thats coffer the right to project songs.
CCLI is committed to serving the church and encouraging the spirit of worship…that’s why we’re so excited about CCLI TV! There’s a lot here for worship leaders, worship band members, worship vocalists, and anyone else interested in great worship resources. CCLI TV
“Where can we find fresh new worship songs?” At CCLI, we hear this question a lot. And now, we’re able to provide a great new resource… Open Mic. We know that there are a LOT of great songs born in the churches, but not yet on our list of CCLI’s top songs. Open Mic gives you an opportunity to hear and see some of these great songs…coming straight from the churches themselves.
Worship leaders and teams, if you hear a song you’d like to include in your repertoire, feel free to contact the writer directly, through his/her website or email. All writers and songs have been registered with CCLI, so you can legally use them in your worship sets, under the coverage of your Church Copyright License.
Songwriters, if you’ve written worship songs that have resonated with your congregation, please check out the Open Mic submission criteria, and then consider submitting a song video. Your song could potentially be shared with thousands of churches across North America.
There are a LOT of aspects to leading worship effectively and building/developing worship teams.
The idea for INStruct is to provide a brief, focused video workshop on a single topic related to worship leading, worship teams, musicianship, etc.
Here’s another great resource for new worship music. From the companies, artists, and writers you recognize and trust. And maybe a new face and a fresh sound along the way.
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