Copyrights and blanket licenses

Just go ahead and get a blanket copyright license for both music and videos. This eliminates the debate with yourself or others about the ethics of using copyrighted materials, or worrying about being challenged (if not caught).

• Check these on the details of Copyright law.
  http://www.presbyterianmission.org/copyright/
  http://www.cmpamusic.org
  
• http://cvli.com Video license. Be aware that not all movies are covered and some have odd restrictions. You have to look up each movie you want to use.
  
• http://www.ccli.com/Global.aspx Licenses for reproducing and performing a wide variety of music, especially Contemporary Christian. Over 300,000 songs are covered. The licenses are based on worship attendance so it is not outrageous. The also offer SongSelect, which can be tailored to suit. This provides lead sheets, lyric sheets and full blown arrangements of many of the songs covered by CCLI. Again there are some amazing gaps! Songs that you are sure must be covered ... but aren't. Be careful.
  
• Some companies use webcrawlers (“'bots”) to constantly monitor the internet looking for references to their primary “intellectual properties.” If their bot finds that you are using unlicensed materials... look out!