COPYRIGHT AND LICENSING
for the songs of Jonathan Rundman
Organizations, conventions, and church groups around the world have utilized Jonathan Rundman's songs to enhance their assemblies! To use the music with your congregation or gathering, you need a license.
CHURCHES MAY LICENSE JONATHAN'S SONGS THROUGH CCLI
If you are a church organization or congregation and you regularly license music through Christian Copyright Licensing International, you may now license Jonathan's songs and report their usage via CCLI. Go to the CCLI Webpage and search for Jonathan's name and/or song titles using the SongSelect service. And don't forget to report your usage of Jonathan's music so he can be fairly credited and paid!
If you're NOT a church, OR you are a church that does not license music with CCLI you may still license Jonathan's music directly from him...read below:
WHY DO I NEED A LICENSE?
Because songs are property. Copyright is, naturally enough, the Right to Copy music. Only the publisher has that right. To legally make copies yourself, you purchase a license. A license is simply permission to use the songs (which, remember, are property of the publisher) as you wish.
PURCHASE A LICENSE
This webpage allows you to purchase a license to use songs written and owned by Jonathan Rundman. You may conveniently PURCHASE ONLINE WITH A CREDIT CARD via PayPal, below. (To PURCHASE LICENSES BY CHECK the old fashioned way email Jonathan at rundman@gmail.com or call 612-382-5299 for details, and to receive an address to snail-mail the check.)
ANNUAL LICENSE to use any and all Jonathan Rundman songs anytime, as many copies as needed, for ONE YEAR.
cost: $50/year
SINGLE-USE, ONE-SONG LICENSE to use ONE Jonathan Rundman song in a disposable booklet, power point slide, or church bulletin.
cost: $10
ONGOING ONE-SONG LICENSE to use ONE Jonathan Rundman song in a songbook, power point slide, or recurring church bulletin.
cost: $20/year
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CAN I BUY A SONGBOOK OR SHEET MUSIC OF JONATHAN RUNDMAN'S SONGS?
YES! Sheet music for Jonathan's Heartland Liturgy, plus additional songs are available on
CD-ROM in printable .pdf file format. The eSongbook features full piano scores, lyrics, guitar chords, and melody lines. Purchase the eSongbook HERE.
IF I BUY JONATHAN RUNDMAN'S eSONGBOOK DO I STILL NEED TO PURCHASE A LICENSE?
If you purchase the eSongbook you are allowed to make one paper copy of each song for personal use. If you intend to make multiple copies for band rehearsal, or song sheets, or church bulletin inserts, or power point projection, or whatever, you MUST purchase a license.
DO THESE LICENSES ALLOW FOR THE RECORDING OF JONATHAN RUNDMAN'S SONGS?
No, with a few exceptions. Recordings may be made for the purpose of bringing audio or video tapes of church services to the homebound, or for not-for-sale archiving of church services, or for church service radio broadcasts.
MAY I HAVE PERMISSION TO RECORD ONE OF JONATHAN RUNDMAN'S SONGS FOR MY OWN CD?
Please email rundman@gmail.com or call 612-382-5299 for information on how to legally cover a Jonathan Rundman song on your own album project.
DO THESE LICENSES APPLY ONLY TO JONATHAN RUNDMAN'S SONGS THAT AVAILABLE IN SHEET-MUSIC FORM (LIKE A HEARTLAND LITURGY OR OTHER SONGS IN THE eSONGBOOK)?
No. You may purchase a license to use any of the songs Jonathan Rundman has written throughout his entire career!
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Jonathan Rundman c/o
Salt Lady Records / Salt Lady Music Publishing
rundman@gmail.com
612-382-5299