When A CCLI License Is Not Needed
- A CCLI license is not needed if copying of music is not undertaken by a church or other organization. For example, if a church just uses published hymnbooks or songbooks, then no license is needed.
- If music is copied with the permission of the copyright owner (e.g. if a church member composes an original work), then no license is needed.
- No license is needed if all music is in the public domain or covered by something like the Creative Commons licenses. As an example, most hymns published before 1940 are in the public domain. CCLI maintains a list of songs that are in the public domain. If all of the songs that an organization uses are in that list, then the organization does not need to pay the CCLI license fee. As of July 15, 2007, CCLI's list contained 7270 public domain songs.
- When a church has a license from another organization that covers the right to project songs.
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