MARANATHA CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY’S STANDARD OPERATION PROCEDURE FOR WORSHIP (CCLI)

MARANATHA CHRISTIAN ASSEMBLY’S STANDARD
OPERATION PROCEDURE FOR WORSHIP

CCLI – Christian Copyright Licensing International

About CCLI

CCLI believe that the power of the song has become one of the essential aspects of inspiring worship
and Christian artist all round the world has blessed the church with God-centered songs that helps
worshipers look up to God. However, their songs are copyrighted to prevent infringement of used
hence the need of licensing of use becomes inevitable to protect and honour the artist, labels and
studios who created the songs by ensuring fair use and fair compensation.

CCLI understand the legal complication of playing songs in public places such as church premise,
crowd gatherings and social media, they have step up to become an administrative provider to help
church simplify the costly and confusing legal process of copywrite use to both the user and the
artist.

How does copyright affect the church?

Churches and Christian organisations increasingly use technology to create, distribute or display
songs, service sheets and content. Copyright owners should be fairly compensated for the use of
their works.

Regardless of region or whether it is an economic, moral, philosophical, or simply administrative
objective, CCLI helps you honour copyright law and the creative people who author these valuable
works.

*Extracted from https://sg.ccli.com/about-copyright/ (May 2020)

How to use CCLI?

Reporting your song choice and the medium of use (lyrics, mp3 or video) to CLLI gives you the
permission on behalf of the author to use during any public space such as crowd gatherings and
online-services.

What To Report:
Prints - lyrics, song sheets, transparencies, customised arrangements.
Digital Files - the projection of songs.
Recordings - audio/video recordings of services.
Translations – lyrics into another language when not available from publisher.

Understanding the different licensing

Copyright License:
This license provides the legal coverage for all the typical copying activities that assist
congregational singing. Store lyrics on computer for projection, print song/service sheets and

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bulletins, translate songs and make custom musical and vocal arrangements where no published
version exists.

Streaming License:
This licence enables streaming or podcasting of recorded worship services.

Music Reproduction License:
This licence enables you to legally photocopy or scan pages from many music publications, or
electronically share sheet music files.

How to report?

1. Sign in at CLLI homepage: https://sg.ccli.com/
ID:
Password:

Note: To have your account created, please seek help from the Church Administrator to
have your account created. It should be tagged to your personal email.

2. Click Online Reporting and you will see as below:

3. Search for the songs you are going to use the song for the week at the top of this page (the
search bar).

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4. You will verify the song on the Search Result page, and then begin reporting. Please be
mindful to ensure that the correct version is used.

E.g. Song: Fall by Hillsong
Search: Fall

Verify Song: Fall (click the “i” button beside the song)

Report song: Fall (click the icon to read more about it). Once done click add report. 3| 6

if you used hardcopy lyrics click “print”,

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if you used digital copies click “digital”
if you performed or recorded live click “record”
if you translated a song for worship click “translate”

5. Worship Leaders
a. Showing YouTube Videos in Church
i. You can we show YouTube videos in our church service such as movie clips, lyric
videos, latest viral sensation, etc. only with prior permission
ii. The written policy from YouTube’s terms of service specifies that content on the
site should only be accessed for “personal, non-commercial use” (5.L.) except
where “YouTube or the respective licensors [the copyright owner] of the
content” has given “prior written consent” (5.M.).
For more information, read Showing YouTube Videos In Church.

*Extracted from https://us.ccli.com/ccli-news/five-questions/

b. Streaming Church Services on Social Media
i. CCLI added the Streaming License as a supplement to our Copyright License. It is
primarily intended to cover the live service webcasts on your church’s website;
however it also covers third-party social media platforms, like YouTube and
Facebook.
ii. There may be issues to sort through, however, if you use these platforms. As
part of YouTube’s video upload process, they will ask whether your video
includes copyrighted content that you don’t own. Typically, for church services
that include music, the answer is yes. YouTube will then mandate that your
video includes advertising, and the rightful copyright owner(s) will receive a
share of that ad revenue.
iii. Facebook’s algorithms and search bots are particularly vigilant at identifying and
removing videos with potential copyright violations. In the case of church
services, Facebook does not initially account for videos that are covered by our
Streaming License. So it may require correspondence with their support team to
resolve.

*Extracted from https://us.ccli.com/ccli-news/five-questions/

6. Projectionist
a. The Copyright Notice on Projections and Prints
i. The license is that our church includes the copyright information on each printed
or projected song copy. For a song projection with multiple slides, the
information only has to appear once, and is usually placed at the beginning or

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end in the following format.

“[author], © [year, owner], [your licence number]”

Here is an example of the necessary information:

“My Weapon” words and music by Natalie Grant
© 2018 Good Music Co.
Used by Permission. CCLI License #7126794 (CCLI WORSHIP Licencing ID)

Sample from CCLI Worship:

Another sample walkthrough:

Song Sample: Forever by Chris Tomlin:

ii. Check CCLI Songselect website and find the correct song version we are using.:
https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/3148428/forever

iii. Note, under song title, the authors. For this case, it is only "Christ Tomlin".
(another example, for "Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me" -
https://songselect.ccli.com/Songs/7121852/yet-not-i-but-through-christ-in-me,
the authors are: Jonny Robinson Michael Farren Rich Thompson)

iv. Scroll down to "Additional Song Info" check the "Copyrights" section. We note
that it is "2001 Sixsteps Music". (For "Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me",
copyrights are "2018 CityAlight Music")

v. The acknowledgement should look like this format: “[author], © [year, owner],
[your licence number]”

e.g. Chris Tomlin © 2001 Sixsteps Music., CCL No, 616917

e.g. Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Rich Thompson © 2018 CityAlight Music.,
CCL No, 616917

*Research courtesy by Shaun Lim

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Important Information

Note that the number at the bottom (#12345 in the example) should be our church’s license number
(Church Licencing no : 616917), not the song’s CCLI ID number.

*Extracted from https://us.ccli.com/ccli-news/five-questions/

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