To understand copyright law and how it impacts your ministry, you need to understand the six rights that are exclusive to the owner of a copyrighted work. These rights apply to all works that can be copyrighted. If you want to engage in any of the activities that are the exclusive right of a work’s owner, [...]
Although this article is geared towards broadcasters, the underlying legal implications are just as relevant to the church: Using music in commercials is not as simple as just paying your ASCAP, BMI and SESAC royalties. While many broadcasters think that paying these royalties is enough to give them the rights to do anything they want with [...]
Legal Creation of CDs and DVDs Churches and ministries have become prolific producers of CDs and DVDs. Some of them even do it legally. Download this free presentation to learn how you can create your physical media while honoring copyrights. Access a printable version of the presentation here
Copyright Issues for Webcasting Religious Services Webcasting of religious services touches on a myriad of copyright issues. Get up to speed on these issues quickly with this informative white paper. Access a printable version of the white paper here
“@CopyrightSolver any hints on how to find the owners of the copyright to songs we hear but don’t have written info to? google hasn’t helped” There are several good places to research copyright information: ASCAP BMI SESAC PriceGrabbers Amazon PraiseCharts AllMusicGuide As always, feel free to tweet any of your church related copyright questions to [...]
Thanks to all who attended today’s webinar on legal creation of CDs and DVDs. You can download a copy of of the presentation with notes pages here. You might also want to review the article about rehearsal tracks. Check out our wizard for estimating CD royalties. Also download our white paper on planning and estimating [...]
“How to Legally Create CDs and DVDs” With Susan Fontaine Godwin and Chris Lydle Churches and ministries have become prolific producers of CDs and DVDs. Some of them even do it legally. Register today for this free presentation to learn how you can create your physical media while honoring copyrights. As always, we will follow the presentation with a [...]
“@CopyrightSolver How do we obtain copyright use 2 place on web a vid used n sermon?Is thr something we need? How abt music from worship time?” Many churches are using video in their services and there are questions about the webcasting of these videos. First things first. Before you can start thinking about webcasting, you [...]
by Susan Fontaine Godwin I’ve written a lot of articles over the past 10 years on how copyright issues impact churches, and when we receive questions on a variety of topics, I love to refer their inquiries to one of our many blog posts. Today, however, a question was posed that warrants a new post. [...]
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