About Us

Through an agreement with several producers, the CVLI Church Video Licence provides legal coverage for churches and for other ministry organisations to show home videocassettes and videodiscs of motion pictures. (Each organisation needs to be specifically covered.) Coverage includes playing just a few seconds of a video all the way up to showing a full-length feature.

The Church Video Licence is one of the most cost effective and convenient ways for churches and other ministry organisations to protect themselves from the possibility of being fined for illegal use of videocassettes and videotapes.

What You Can Do

With this licence:

1. Pastors can use selected movies to illustrate sermon points.
2. Sunday schools and Youth Groups can view the latest videos.
3. Educational classes can use videos for teaching and training.

Other ministry organisations (schools, childcare, conferences, camps) can also be licensed to include videos in their programs.

What You Can't Do

This licence does not cover materials that have been copied from another source or recorded from television. It also does not cover charging an admission fee for video showings or where specific titles have been advertised or publicised.

This licence covers manufactured DVD's, video cassettes and video discs purchased, rented or borrowed. For full terms of the agreement, please see Terms.