{"id":279,"date":"2022-05-16T20:54:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T20:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/?page_id=279"},"modified":"2022-05-16T20:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T20:54:30","slug":"music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/copyright\/music\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical use of music resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While many congregations have purchased hymnals and the music for worship, owning these materials does not guarantee permission to stream the performance of that music to a wider audience. Even printing the words in a handout or posting them on a screen requires permission, unless the materials are in the public domain. There are FAQs available on appropriate use<\/a> of hymnals and resources published by Brethren Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is important as our congregation ethics polity<\/a> asks that congregations seek permissions when using resources and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, this is an easy issue to resolve. There are two main providers for permissions to use music in worship: OneLicense<\/a> and CCLI<\/a> provide permissions to reprint and other streaming licensing. Both service providers have two different licensing products\u2014one just for reprinting permissions and another that includes streaming rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both these services, and any effort to reach composers, authors, or publishers for resources not covered by OneLicense or CCLI, assure that the work is compensated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For music and resources found in Hymnal: A Worship Book<\/em>, congregations may use anything in the public domain or anything that fits into the categories outlined in the first paragraph on page 862. The same goes for Hymnal Supplement<\/em> (refer to the acknowledgments section in the back of the hymnal). Obtaining a license from OneLicense or CCLI will cover most of the remaining hymns. If you have questions about a particular hymn or resource, contact brethrenpress@brethren.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While many congregations have purchased hymnals and the music for worship, owning these materials does not guarantee permission to stream the performance of that music to a wider audience. Even printing the words in a handout or posting them on a screen requires permission, unless the materials are in the public domain. There are FAQs available<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-279","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/279\/revisions\/280"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/bp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}