WORSHIPcast

There is a religious service exemption in U.S. copyright law that allows churches to perform copyrighted music during religious services. The exemption does not cover the re-transmission of those services over radio, television or the internet. If your church’s services include copyrighted music, you need a church streaming license to webcast those services.

The WORSHIPcast church streaming license allows you to webcast your performances of all songs in the ASCAP, BMI and SESAC catalogs, covering over 16,000,000 Christian and secular songs. All genres are covered, from Contemporary Christian and Gospel to Rock, Country and Holiday music.

If a song is not covered by your church streaming license, you have three options. You could not use the song in your set list. You could edit performances of the song out of your video. You could also purchase additional licensing for the song. Choosing a church streaming license with a broad catalog maximizes your creative options, while also saving time and money.

The WORSHIPcast church streaming license is priced by your church’s total weekly attendance across all of your services.

The WORSHIPcast license allows you to webcast your performances of copyrighted music of 16,000,000 songs. These webcasts can be live or on-demand. Webcasting is not limited to worship services and also covers concerts and studio recordings of your worship team. The WORSHIPcast does not cover downloading of music. Webcasting of master recordings or accompaniment tracks requires additional licensing. This license is for performances only, and does not cover duplication of copyrighted materials. Additional licenses may be required in accordance with applicable law.

Churches with an average weekly attendance of 5,000 or more must report. Churches with an average weekly attendance of less than 5,000 do not need to report.

Now it’s easy to legally webcast sound recordings with the LifeWay Worship Track streaming license as an add-on to the WORSHIPcast license. The new blanket license allows churches and ministries to stream an extensive list of 1,200 sound recording tracks from LifeWay Worship for one low annual fee based on church size.

WORSHIPcast allows you to stream 16 million Christian and secular songs, and the LifeWayWorship.com license features a wide selection of today’s most popular worship song tracks, as well as hymns and special holiday recordings.

Many churches want to stream their services or special programs, like Christmas and Easter, that may include the use of accompaniment tracks or sound recordings. Now churches and ministries can obtain immediate coverage for unlimited streaming of LifeWay Worship tracks during the annual term of the license. No reporting is required.

Click here to learn more and sign up.