[Worship] Copyright Compliance for Churches, updates in 2021

[Annie Warmke]

My reaction is based on growing up in church with cantatas etc. Who will 
go after you if you read poems or put words on a screen? So much is 
really public domain like it or not by the artist. FB/IG might kick us 
off for showing a screen with words on it but has that happened?  Annie

On 12/8/2022 11:45 AM, Nancy Luthy via Worship wrote:
> 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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