Can my church record a CD with our CCLI license?

"Our worship team wants to record a CD of the songs we typically sing on a Sunday morning, and I’ve heard that our CCLI license covers making an audio recording. Can we make a CD using our CCLI license?” That’s a pretty common question I hear from worship teams, and while it’s true that you can record the songs you perform on a Sunday, that’s not the intended purpose for the coverage. There’s a better (and easy) way to properly record a CD of the worship team and license the songs.

This video covers:

1. What is CCLI (Christian Copyright Licensing International)?
2. The limitations of recording a CD of your worship songs under a CCLI license
3. What is a mechanical license and who is the Harry Fox Agency?
4. The current rate for a mechanical license
5. How to obtain a mechanical license online

Here’s a few links to additional resources as mentioned in the video:

CCLI Copyright License Manual (what the CCLI Copyright License covers)

“Seven Things You Need To Know About CCLI” via The Creative Pastor

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[iglesiamasvidavalencia]

Hello, excellent videos where I can register my songs to receive royalties from CCLI ?

[LiveSound]

love catching up on the Dave Dolphin videos in my subscription feed. This is an important one. thanks for sharing those resources.

[robsharp]

Christian Copyright Solutions is also a helpful resource.

[rebeldetail]

Christian copyrights are just like the world just all bout money

[EmiliaVenegasHinojosa]

Hi, I need some help. My church's worship group is recording an album, and they are recording Amazing Grace (My chains are gone) by Chris Tomlin and they want the license to do this, but I 've been searching and can't find the proper information to get this license. Here is the catch, we are from Ecuador and will be recording the song in Spanish. The info I've found covers permission within the United States, and since we live in South America, this will not help us. Can you help me with this? Point me into the right direction to get this license. I've tried the Capitol CMG website, but the contact page does not allow me to write a message and they don't have an email that I could write to. I really really appreciate any information you can share in order to get this license. This is the last song that needs licensing. Thanks in advance!