Aaron Green on music licensing, using copyrighted material in church and what is considered “fair use"

Practical Worship Podcast

Using copyrighted music is an integral part of our Sunday morning services. CCLI covers many of the basics, but what about making a live CD of worship songs? What about using a Chris Tomlin song in your mission trip slideshow video? What about creating a parody for Mother’s Day? Aaron Green is the co-founder of EasySongLicensing.com, and he has seen it all. He works with churches and music publishers every single day, and he’s the go-to guy when you need to seek permission to use someone else’s work in your creative art. It’s not the most glamorous part of music ministry, but knowing what the law does and doesn’t allow you to do can save you a headache of legal issues down the road.

Find show notes to the podcast episode at practicalworshipblog.com/podcast7.