John, CCLI charges a yearly fee to churches based on seating capacity. This gives permission to use any of the seven million plus songs registered with CCLI. Churches are then spot checked (much like radio) once or twice over a year to 18 months when they must report what songs they used for that week. Royalties are paid to song owners every six months. The value of each song changes per pay period based on money collected in that period. CCLI also charges schools that use the songs in concerts. They cover Australia, New Zealand, Europe, UK, Ireland, South Korea, South Africa, Canada and the USA.