CCLI : Encouraging the spirit of worship
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"Hillsong . . supports the work of CCLI because it provides churches with a cost effective and lawful way to have access to so many powerful Christian worship songs from all over the world. It is a ministry to the greater body that relieves it of the complications and headaches associated with copyright law."
Brian Houston
Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church

Authorized Lists

These are the lists of Catalogues, Administrators and/or Publishers covered under the Licences offered by CCLI in Australia.

Church Copyright Licence

For a song to be reproduced under the Church Copyright Licence, the song copyright owner (Catalogue) must be on the Authorised Catalogue List. As long as the song copyright owner is on the Authorised Catalogue List it can be reproduced under the Terms of the Church Copyright Licence, regardless of the book in which that song is found.

For example, for a song with the copyright details Joe Bloggs © 2007 Chunky Monkey Music, administered by Smiling Uncle Music, the Catalogue (song copyright owner) is Chunky Monkey Music, and the Administrator is Smiling Uncle Music.

  • Authorised Catalogue List: the list of song copyright owners (e.g. 7th Time Music) included in the Church Copyright Licence program
  • Authorised Administrator List: the list of Administrators (e.g. Crossroad Distributors Pty Ltd) of Catalogues (song copyright owners covered by the Licence

Photocopy Licence

For a song to be reproduced under the Photocopy Licence, the song copyright owner must be on the Authorised Song Owner List, and the book must be published by a publisher on the Authorised Publisher List. For more details, see the Terms for the Photocopy Licence.

Unsure of any of these terms? Have a look at the Glossary.

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