(If you haven’t already, you can click on the permalink to see the video.)

Oakbrook Church used Coldplay’s Viva La Vida for a worship set song this weekend.  Then, they put their beautiful videos up on YouTube.  If you’re one of the people who’s saying “can they do that?” you’re not alone.  Or maybe you’re in the group who’s saying “whose gonna stop ‘em?”  Or maybe you’re informed about PRO accounts.  Or maybe you’re just picturing Chris Martin with a mohawk?

Is it or is it not “religious” music?

Anyway, Anthony Coppedge what sayest thou?  What would Copyright Queen say?

Is this what a $700.00 PRO account (annual facility or special events licenses from ASCAP, BMI and SESAC, the U.S. Performance Rights Organizations a.k.a. PROs) will get you?