Life in the Way

From the CCLI website:

What You Can Do:

Print songs, hymns and lyrics in bulletins, programs, liturgies and songsheets for use in congregational singing.
Create your own customized songbooks or hymnals for use in congregational singing.
Create overhead transparencies, slides or use any other format whereby song lyrics are visually projected (such as computer graphics and projection) for use in congregational singing.
Arrange, print and copy your own arrangements (vocal and instrumental) of songs used for congregational singing, where no published version is available.
Record your worship services (audio or video) provided you only record live music. Accompaniment tracks cannot be reproduced. You may charge up to $4 each for audiocassette tapes and CDs, and $12 each for videotapes and DVDs.

What You Cannot Do
Photocopy or duplicate octavos, cantatas, musicals, handbell music, keyboard arrangements, vocal scores, orchestrations or other instrumental works.
Translate songs into another language. This can only be done with the approval of the respective publisher.
Rent, sell or lend copies made under the license to groups outside the church or to other churches. (It is OK to distribute recordings to shut-ins, missionaries or others outside the church.)
Assign or transfer the license to another church or group without CCLI’s approval.

I would interpret this to mean that you can post live recordings your church’s worship online since it would essentially be live music recordings distributed at less than $4.00. However I guess it isn’t explicit, so contacting CCLI may be the only way to get the clearest answer.

By eric helms on Mar 10, 2008

New post, Joe…

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By Denise Tiedemann on Mar 19, 2008