Two very related questions:
I am starting an on-line business hosting previously recorded live
music from church services (for purpose of review by the artists and
examples later for new members).
My customers will be churches with CCLI licenses (a.k.a. "church
copyright license"). They record their church services' music to CD,
mail the CD to me, I edit the recording and break apart into
individual MP3 files, and put them in an online database (only
accessible to them via username/password).
If you read the manual or even the FAQ
(http://www.ccli.com/Members/Faqs.cfm), it says the license does not
cover putting the songs on a web site because "a website is accessible
far beyond the boundaries of a local church congregation."
I disagree - I believe that a *secure* website, where a church only
sees their own recordings, is covered by CCLI and Fair Use.
Question 1. Am I right, and why or why not?
Secondly, the CCLI license provides that you can sell CD's of your
music for $4.00 (see the same page listed). My site will allow you to
compile your own CD's, have them burned and sent to you.
Question 2. Do *I* have the right to burn the CD's for $4.00, for the
church? If not, do I need a CCLI license too? Some other license? |
