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If you sign up, it's a $50 registration fee, then you get CCLI ID numbers for the songs you register with them. American churches with the CCLI license get surveyed every 18 months (I think) and they report what songs they used during a 6 month period. If your songs show up on those surveys, then you get a payout (minus a 25% administrative fee). You also get a report of which songs of yours showed up on the survey. For us little guys, it's a small chance that our songs will show up on their "radar," but if they do, you get a modest royalty payout. If a song takes off and is used by churches all over, you would get a much bigger payout.

At the point that you have determined that there is enough use of your songs to make signing up worthwhile, here are CCLI's instructions on how to contact them:

Q: How can I join CCLI as a song owner or administrator of copyrights?

A: Are your songs currently being used for congregational worship in multiple churches? If not, there would be no benefit to yourself or the Church Copyright License for you to join at this time. If your answer is yes that your songs are currently being used in multiple churches, please email copyright@ccli.com with the following information: 1. Email subject line must read: WEB ROA 2. Name (first and last name and/or dba, company name) 3. Mailing address 4. Phone & fax numbers 5. Email address

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