[Worship] Copyright Compliance for Churches, updates in 2021

[Nancy Luthy]

Yikes.  Thanks, Dawn,  I guess!!
We certainly must study this situation in more depth.
Nancy

On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 11:36 AM First Unitarian Universalist Society of
Marietta via Worship <worship at fuusm.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Randall suggested that there might be some legal requirements for me to
> cite musical selections and hymns in the order of service. So I Googled a
> bit, and came up with this:
> https://www.ucc.org/copyright-compliance-basics-for-churches/
>
> YIKES.  Looks like we can sing hymns, but we can’t type up lyrics in the
> OOS or for on screen, or for streaming/Facebook. We should not be showing
> YouTube videos during service. And while the choir can perform a song, that
> doesn’t mean we can  post it on YouTube for rebroadcast (which seems
> CRAZY). Reading complete poems or long excerpts from books requires
> permission from the copyright owner—especially if the service is being
> streamed or recorded.
>
> And posting photos on our website requires PERMISSION from everyone in
> every image!!
>
> Man, oh man. I encourage you to spend some time on that website and
> discuss among yourselves.
>
> Regarding citations in the OOS: It’s a good idea to be thorough, but I
> couldn’t find any legal requirements. (Like, do I need to credit the
> arranger? The person who wrote the harmony? I don’t think so.)
>
> FYI. Sorry to complicate things.
>
> Dawn Hewitt
> Office assistant
> First Unitarian Universalist Society of Marietta, Ohio
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