Why Your Church Should Never Use Copyrighted Material | Pro Church Daily Ep.

[@inoneaccordministries5238]

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[@Vitaconfide]

I've been telling my coworkers this for years. I will definitely be sharing this video with them. It helps so much to reference experts in uncomfortable confrontations like this.

[@prochurchtools]

Yeah, that's exactly why we made this video. To help navigate those potentially awkward conversations.

[@Vitaconfide]

Today I found the links through BMI, and ASCAP to purchase a license that would allow churches to "play and perform" of secular music. That means play recordings of or perform covers of songs not covered by the typical worship music license that CCLI covers. This might be a topic for another video. I realized recently that it's up to the venue to acquire the appropriate licenses for the rights to perform cover songs. After doing some research, I found that businesses and non-profits can purchase a license to play and perform copyrighted songs. The link is easier to find on ASCAP's site, but the license covers BMI, ASCAP and SESAC.(The overwhelming majority of music)

[@prochurchtools]

Aaron Smith this video was more about using copyright material in digital media (photos, music, icons, etc.). Live performance is a bit of a different thing, but I’m glad you tracked down how to make it work for your context!

[@austinclemen7938]

Just so everyone knows, Soundstripe is actually $15 a month (which translates to $180 throughout the year) or you can pay annually and only pay $135 a year

[@prochurchtools]

Ah. Yes. They raised their prices last year. Good call.

[@blackhawkcourt]

Is this still the case??

[@Jereton]

Such a great topic. Another thing to note are fonts. We got to make sure that we’re legally using fonts.

[@jefgodfrey7443]

Excellent topic. Timely! Thank you. I'm looking for public domain music for videos. We are a small church trying to stay outta trouble. Thanks.

[@prochurchtools]

Check out Soundstripe.com, Jef. Unlimited stock music for $15/month!

[@DarthBalsamic]

Good stuff. Quite informative.

[@prochurchtools]

Wendell Glad to hear it, Wendell. 👊

[@virginiacamper]

Really, Canada Dry?? 😁👍 🇨🇦 So, I don’t know if I agree that $199 a month is “Ridiculously Affordable” in regards to stock video.

[@TheRlhaugan]

Alex Mills: "there is no real love" in reference to young and free... I see what you did there. LOL

[@alexandermills2230]

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[@magnanimist]

Typically I love your videos. This one I had to give a thumbs down. There seemed to be an underwhelming amount of information presented here. There is so much more to this conversation (fair use, the debate around intellectual property rights, permissions, etc...). I would appreciate you revising this video to explain where you guys draw the line. For example, have you gotten permission to use web pages you have shown on previous videos? What about statistics you have presented in the past? Did you need to get permission from Canada Dry to use their branding on this video? Why is it bad to 'steal' a Canada Dry logo off their website, but you can display the logo on a can in your video? I look forward to seeing more of your videos. Like I said I usually love them. I was just disappointed with this one.

[@lisamoore6]

My church is wondering about using a KZbin video during a sermon for a sermon analogy. Is it fine to play in the live service but not ok when we post the sermon online afterwards? Do you know of any kind of copyright guide that could help churches navigate all of this?

[@magnanimist]

You need to look at the license of the video (listed on the sidebar at the bottom). If it is a youtube standard licence you can use it but it must be played from youtube (so no downloading it and working the file into a program or anything) If it's Creative Commons, then my understanding is that you can use it so long as you recognize the owner in your work, and your work is also Creative Commons. You can read about it here: support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468?hl=en

[@christopherdauphin3010]

Thanks for this vid. What if you use a song as a background to your own video, but give the credit to the song writer(s) at the end? Can I still be sued?

[@prochurchtools]

Yes. That is still copyright infringement.

[@kyleriker9591]

Hey Brady! I’m the video guy for my church and we are currently working on youth camp promo videos and are set on a specific song that’s copywriten. Do you have any tips on getting licensing for songs?

[@prochurchtools]

Walt Riker Contact the artist/label. Pay a TON of money.

[@marculrich9738]

Great content, where do services like Canva and Word Swag (premium version) fall into? Are churches ok using those kind of services?

[@prochurchtools]

Yep! As long as you're a paying customer with these services you have the rights to that material. That's what you're paying for!

[@21ferebee]

Question: Can you use instrumentals from tracks of about 15 to 25 seconds.

[@prochurchtools]

Not unless you have the license to do so.

[@21ferebee]

Okay. Thx. I have a lot of deleting to do. But I really appreciate you taking the time to answer my question. Your content is awesome.

[@thebridgeninja]

What about giving songs credit on the KZbin video? I see vloggers all the time using songs from people and posting credit to the artist and even being able to monetize the video. How does this compare?

[@prochurchtools]

I'm not entirely sure how this works with KZbin. Because KZbin also shuts down thousands of videos every single day for copyright infringement with music. KZbin may have a deal with certain record labels that allow this, but I would do some independent research with Google specifically on how they allow or disallow this.

[@WelcomeToTheZooblog]

Hey guys, what about sharing quote images on social media -- are there similar copyright issues with that?

[@calebgibson55]

Welcome To The Zoo I think social media is a bit different.

[@tonyr.7433]

Lol!