| 1988 |
After 3½ years in development, CCLI officially began its copyright licence service to churches in the USA.
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1990
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CCLI expanded its operation to cover churches in Canada from its headquarters in Portland, Oregon, USA.
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1991
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CCLI acquired a UK-based company called Christian Music Association (CMA), which ran a licensing programme in the UK with 7,600 licensed churches. By the end of 1991, CCLI was providing its service to 31,000 churches in the USA, 3,000 churches in Canada and 7,600 churches in the UK.
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1993
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CCLI Owner Agreement was revised enabling standard publishers to join the licence programme.
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1995
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The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS) right was included in the Church Copyright Licence (CCL) enabling licence holders in the UK to record their worship services.
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1998
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CCLI started to sell copyright licences to churches in Scandanavia
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1999
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The European office moved into new premises at Chantry House, Eastbourne, UK.
The Performing Right Society (PRS) Church Licence was launched, permitting churches to play/perform music outside of the act of worship in the UK.
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2000
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CCLI upgraded its customer database software.
The SongSelect CD was launched allowing churches to search through the 6,000 most popular songs in the UK & Eire to find copyright information and a full set of lyrics.
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2001
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CCLicentie, the joint venture company between Musi©opy and CCLI was established in the Netherlands, having taken over from Stichting Licentie (active in the Netherlands since 1989).
Christian Video Licensing Europe Ltd (CVLE), a joint venture company between Motion Picture Licensing Company (MPLC) and CCLI was established.
The Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) Church Licence was introduced, permitting churches to photocopy from non-music publications in the UK.
All corporate logos were registered as trademarks.
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2002
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CCLI started to sell copyright licences to churches in Benelux.
CCLI opened a Nordic office in Umeå, Sweden. Elsa Rydin was appointed as CCLI:s Representative in Scandinavia.
The Church Video Licence (CVL) was launched in the UK, Eire and Sweden, allowing churches to show films clips in their activities.
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2003
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European Copyright Licensing Ltd (ECL) was established to market copyright licences enabling Christian music to impact the non-Christian community in the UK.
The Limited Manufacture Licence (LML), a commercial licence, was launched in the UK enabling churches and schools to sell their recordings to the general public.
The Wedding Video-Recording Licence (WVRL) was launched allowing wedding couples/videographers in the UK to legally record music during their wedding ceremony and reception.
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2004
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The CopyReport CD-ROM replaced the booklets in the UK and Eire, making it easier and quicker for licence holders to accurately report the songs that are used
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2005
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©reate, the online worship resource magazine was launched in the UK.
Andy Bodkin was appointed as Managing Director for the European office, following the retirement of Geoff Booker.
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2006
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David Churchyard was appointed as Operations Manager to manage the operational aspects of the European office.
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2007
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Following consolidation of CCLI’s operational structure across Europe, Carla Hill-Windt was appointed as Sales Representative in Holland.
CCLI started to work closely with the Norwegian worship network www.lovsang.no.
Geoff Durrant was employed as Customer Service Manager in the UK office.
The online version of SongSelect was launched, allowing individuals in the UK and Eire to search, download and listen to 30 second sound samples from thousands of hymn and worship songs direct from CCLI's database.
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| 2008 |
The CopyReport CD-ROM replaced the booklets in the Netherlands making it easier and quicker for licence holders to accurately report the songs that are used,
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Today CCLI administers over 86,000 licences in Europe and 236,000 worldwide. |
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