Permissions

The following pages attempt to decode the world of copyrights and permissions. If you have questions, please contact us at hymnal@crcna.org.

Copyright Abbriviation Key

• Copyrights contain many abbriviations--decode them here!

Copyright Holders

• Looking for contact information for a song? Find it in alphabetical order here!

How to Read Copyright Lines

• Learn a step by step method for reading copyright lines.

How to Project and Reprint Legally

• We live in a world, infiltrated with projection and reprinting--how do we legally pay the composers and copyright holders for our use of their song?

What Is Copyright?

• What does Copyright mean for you? Find out here!

What is Creative Commons?

• Creative what? Find out more about this category of copyrighted material that functions really well in many worship contexts.

What is Public Domain (P.D.)?

• Why are some songs in Public Domain and others not? Find out here!