There are currently four annual blanket licenses, which grant churches permission for specific uses of particular groups of copyrights for specific activities WITHOUT obtaining individual owner permissions. They include
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CCLI (www.ccli.com) - allows churches to reproduce songs in the CCLI Song program (about 190,000 titles) for congregational singing purposes.
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CVLI (www.cvli.com) - allows churches and ministries to perform (or show) selected titles of films and videos (from specific list of producers) to illustrate sermon points, view in Sunday school and groups, and show for teaching and training.
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PERFORMmusic - onsite facility license allows churches and non-profit ministries to play and perform more than 16 million songs from ASCAP, BMI and SESAC for non-exempt activities, like concerts, social events, conferences, weddings, funerals and music-on-hold.
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WORSHIPcast - internet song performance license allows churches and non-profit ministries to webcast their performances of more than 16 million songs from ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.
For more details about all of these licenses read "What Do Church Licenses Cover." |