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Why does Planning Center Services list song creators as 'authors' instead of 'composers'?
Verified answer · Added May 21, 2026
Answer
Planning Center mirrors CCLI's terminology, which uses 'author' as a catch-all for all song creators (lyricists and composers). Songs imported from CCLI SongSelect carry that label, and manually added songs follow the same convention.
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