Church Admin Corner

We touched briefly on copyright last week. Generally, all printed texts, music (printed and recorded), and images are copyrighted material and require permission to use or reproduce.

Many copyright licensing companies grant parishes the right to use or reproduce copyrighted material. Two of the most commonly used licences for church music are CCLI and One License. Any parish can acquire a licensing agreement through one of these companies.

Alternatively, if a parish owns multiple copies of a hymnal and is not reproducing the content in any way (even just the lyrics), the hymnals can be used by the congregation without a licence.

Note: Online streaming of copyrighted material requires additional licensing, even if images of the copyrighted materials are not displayed on screen.

RJ Chambers, Office Administrator, churched@edmonton.anglican.ca