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- Your church worship leader is treated like a covers band by YouTube and Facebook. They have the license in place for you to livestream them.
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- Streaming publically over other platforms is unclear, but you will probably need a [Limited Online Music Licence from PRS](https://www.prsformusic.com/licences/using-music-online/limited-online-music-licence).
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- Livestreaming recordings (eg from the latest Hillsong album) is not okay.
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- Displaying lyrics is not clear at the moment… however you probably need [CCLI's streaming license](https://uk.ccli.com/streaming/#need-to-know), unless you limit your worship to [music in the public domain](https://songselect.ccli.com/search/results?List=publicdomain) or those who [have given permission](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/livestreaming).
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- Displaying lyrics is not clear at the moment… however you probably need [CCLI's streaming license](https://uk.ccli.com/streaming/#need-to-know), unless you limit your worship to [music in the public domain](https://songselect.ccli.com/search/results?List=publicdomain) or those who [have given permission](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/#live-streaming).
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The short summary of my call - **If you are using streaming services like YouTube or Facebook live you're fine because they have paid the license for _user generated_ content.** This means that your church's band, organist, solo pianist, etc is treated like a covers band on these platforms. Playing 'covers' of the latest worship songs is permitted.
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What you can't do is use commercially recorded music and sing over the top of it - don't livestream your church karaoke - that recording is copyrighted. If you want to stream recordings of songs (eg: a track from the latest Hillsong album) you’ll need to jump through some hoops with PRS ([unless the artist has given permission](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/livestreaming) - but even that is problematic because of automatic checking by YouTube and Facebook).
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What you can't do is use commercially recorded music and sing over the top of it - don't livestream your church karaoke - that recording is copyrighted. If you want to stream recordings of songs (eg: a track from the latest Hillsong album) you’ll need to jump through some hoops with PRS ([unless the artist has given permission](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/#live-streaming) - but even that is problematic because of automatic checking by YouTube and Facebook).
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If you are using something other than Facebook or YouTube I would encourage you to double check the service provider's policy for such things. I know of a number of churches that are using services like Skype and Zoom, I doubt that they have that kind of license in place. Read on…
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**Frustrating the same does not apply to displaying song lyrics.** This is a bit unclear, I think that you need to either:
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- Limit yourself to [songs in the public domain](https://songselect.ccli.com/search/results?List=publicdomain)
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- Get permission from directly from the licence holder. ([See a list of groups that I know have given permission](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/livestreaming)).
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- Get permission from directly from the licence holder. ([See a list of groups that I know have given permission](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/#live-streaming)).
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- Get the [CCLI streaming license](https://uk.ccli.com/streaming/#need-to-know). It's not actually clear what this covers, but their website does have the friendly heading _'Relax, You're Covered'_. So that's good right?
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**For all other questions related to the church and Coronavirus there is [a growing Google Doc](http://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/) that is being put together by a number of excellent and trusted friends: [covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk](http://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/).**
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**For all other questions related to the church and Coronavirus there is [a growing resource site](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/) that is being put together by a number of excellent and trusted friends: [covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk](https://covid.churcheshandbook.co.uk/).**
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\*Nb: Strong disclaimer here: I'm not a lawyer, I'm just someone who had a couple of phone calls over lunch. I'll update this post if my understanding of the situation changes.
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Updated 19th March with details about displaying song lyrics.
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## Updates and changes
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Updated 20th March with details about the new CCLI streaming license
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Updated 21st March with TlDr section and revisions to how lyrics are handled
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- 19th March with details about displaying song lyrics.
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- 20th March with details about the new CCLI streaming license.
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- 21st March with TlDr section and revisions to how lyrics are handled.
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- 27th July correcting a couple of broken links.

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