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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 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
Project song lyrics or reproduce them in custom song and service sheets for congregational singing
Access Lyrics - NEW
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.
For sizes larger than those listed above, please contact us for licence fees.
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CCLI Streaming Licences
Worship together online. The CCLI Streaming Licence™ provides a solution for churches wishing to stream or webcast their services, including live worship, via platforms that are otherwise only intended for personal use. Upgrade to the CCLI 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. The CCLI Streaming Licence and CCLI Streaming Plus Licence are available to Church Copyright Licence holders.
For full details and prices visit our Streaming Your Services 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 Licences
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. The Music Reproduction Licence includes coverage to download lyrics, lead and chord sheets from the FLAM website in Afrikaans.
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.
For sizes larger than those listed above, please contact us for licence fees.
Fees exclude VAT.
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The CCLI Package
Tailored to your church. New church customers can enjoy a 20% discount on the Church Copyright Licence for their first year with The CCLI Package. This combines the Church Copyright Licence, Music Reproduction Licence and SongSelect® (Advanced), all for an affordable introductory fee. Tailored to your singing activities, the package provides access to lyrics and sheet music as well as legal coverage for lyric projection, song/service sheets and custom arrangements, photocopying, scanning and file-sharing sheet music.
Source Licensed Content
Easily access authorised lyrics and transposable sheet music to thousands of songs
Print, Project and Copy
Project, reproduce or photocopy song lyrics and sheet music for congregational singing
Pricing: CCLI Package
The CCLI Package is offered as an annual package, with a 20% discount on the Church Copyright Licence for the first year. (Prices shown include discount).
Package is not available for congregation sizes smaller than 15 people or larger than 1,499 people.
Fees exclude VAT.
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.
School Copyright Licence
Helping Schools to Sing
CCLI offers a simple and effective way to ensure you’re legally covered to reproduce thousands of the songs and hymns popular in schools. Covering activities outside of main chapel times, such as camps and retreats, our licence saves schools time and money, while inspiring children to sing by offering access to the latest songs.
School Copyright Licence
Encourage collective singing. The School Copyright Licence permits schools to project or print the words of a huge number of popular hymns and songs during activities outside of their main chapel times. 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 services when songs are sung. Licence fees are based on the total number of pupils on the school roll.
Full details: Copyright Licence Terms of Agreement
Project and Print Lyrics
Projects song lyrics or reproduce them in custom song and service sheets to encourage singing in school life
Custom Arrangements
Make custom arrangements where no published version exists; often a must for school bands which include woodwind or brass instruments
Pricing: School Copyright Licence
The School Copyright Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year.
For school sizes larger than those listed above, please contact us for licence fees.
Fees exclude VAT.
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.
School 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 School Music Reproduction Licence was designed as an optional add-on to the School Copyright Licence. This licence enables you to legally photocopy or scan typeset pages from many of the songbooks and music publications commonly used in school. 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: Schools Music Reproduction Licence
The Schools Music Reproduction Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year.
Thanks to CCLI, churches no longer need to worry about copyright infringement when projecting song lyrics, copying charts for the worship team or creating custom songbooks. The Church Copyright Licence takes care of all that.
Organisations and Individuals
Simplifying Copyright
CCLI recognises that understanding copyright and how it applies to your organisation or itinerant ministry can be complicated and frustrating. We’re here to help simplify things for many Christian ministries who wish to reproduce song words and music in their worship times or ministry.
Church Copyright Licence: Mobile
Protect your ministry. The Church Copyright Licence permits individuals and travelling ministries to project or print out the words and music 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
Project song lyrics or reproduce them in custom song and service sheets for congregational singing
Custom Arrangements
Create your own musical arrangements for instruments where no published version exists
Pricing: Mobile Church Copyright Licence
The Mobile Church Copyright Licence is offered as an Annual Licence, renewed each year.
Important to note:
For congregation sizes larger than those listed above, please contact us for licence fees.
Fees exclude VAT.
I am honoured to endorse CCLI—an organisation that exists to see the praises of God declared throughout the earth. Praise God for people who through excellence and unity are committed to spirit and truth worship being restored to the House of God.
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