Terms of Agreement

This Agreement pertains to Churches who have purchased the Lutheran Service Book Concordia Organist (“Concordia Organist”) and Lutheran Service Builder.

  1. License Grant- Except as otherwise stated below under “Excluded Resources,” Concordia Publishing House (“CPH”) grants Licensee the nonexclusive right to download and  reproduce audio files of the hymns and liturgy accompaniments included in Lutheran Service Book as found on Lutheran Service Builder (“Organist Resources”) for use in Licensee’s worship services.  The license does not give Licensee permission to record worship services containing the Organist Resources by either audio or audio-visual means to distribute for one-time use to members of the Licensee’s church who are sick, elderly, or shut-in, or stream/podcast their service on their own church media sites unless Licensee has also purchased Lutheran Service Book Hymn License.
  1. Definition of “Excluded Resources” for Concordia Organist License- For purposes of this Agreement, “Excluded Resources” shall mean the following:
    1. The printing of any hymns and canticles found in Lutheran Service Book (Separate permission may be obtained via the Lutheran Service Book Hymn License); and
    2. The streaming or podcasting of any hymns restricted under the Lutheran Service Book Hymn License; and
    3. Concordia Organist only includes permission to reproduce Organist Resources that are a part of Concordia Organist. Licensee may not reproduce any CPH or other copyrighted preludes, musical introductions, handbell/instrumental pieces and choir anthems from any other recording or make their own recordings without additional permission.
  1. License Fees- This License Agreement will be automatically renewed upon the anniversary date of purchase. Licensee may cancel this license before the expiration of the then current license period.  License renewal fees for the Lutheran Service Book Concordia Organist License are billed at the annual rate in effect at the time of the renewal.  These rates are subject to change without notice. 
  1. Restrictions- No material reproduced or recorded pursuant to this license may be sold or distributed for payment or donation of any kind, or in any manner disseminated via the internet or other means without additional permission. Licensee agrees that it will not alter the Organist Resources that it uses, other than to exclude stanzas as appropriate for Licensee’s worship services. Licensee agrees to only use the Organist Resources for its church worship activities.  The Organist Resources may not be used outside the church’s worship life, such as, but not limited to, ringtones, hold music, background music for videos or advertisements.
  1. Copyright Notice- Licensee agrees that with each use of the Organist Resources it will include the hymn title, author and composer names, and a proper notice of copyright in the following form:

                             Accompaniment © 2009 Concordia Publishing House.  Used by permission.

    Copyright notices pertaining to Organist Resources shall be placed in your service folder or projected with your service.

    Copyright notices pertaining to resources included as part of the stream or podcast shall be part of the stream or podcast or printed on the website where the stream or podcast can be accessed.
  1. Reporting- Lutheran Service Builder will automatically report when an accompaniment is downloaded from Concordia Organist.
  1. Audit- Upon request (on a random basis), the Licensee agrees to send one copy of its reprints for a specified week to CPH via surface mail to enable CPH to monitor compliance with these terms on behalf of its participating publishers.
  1. Term- The term of license takes effect upon the purchase date of the annual license and remains in effect for one year and shall be subject to automatic renewal as set forth above, unless terminated as provided by this Agreement.
  1. Termination- This license shall terminate: 1) in the event that Licensee fails to pay the License Fee for Lutheran Service Builder in which case termination shall be automatic and shall occur on the expiration date; or 2) in the event that the Licensee fails to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including but not limited to reporting usage of copyrighted Organist Resources as required herein, in which case the termination shall be effective 30 days after receipt by Licensee of written notice of termination. Upon termination of the license, the right to use any Organist Resources shall immediately cease, and any stored downloads from Concordia Organist must be destroyed.
  1. Other- In addition, this License Agreement: i) cannot be assigned or transferred by Licensee without the approval of CPH;  ii) is the exclusive agreement between Licensee and CPH concerning the Organist Resources;  iii) is governed by the laws of the State of Missouri; and iv) may be modified at any time by CPH with or without notice. The latest version of this License Agreement can be found on https://music.cph.org/lutheran-service-builder/concordia-organist-license-agreement.
 

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