Does APRA AMCOS cover live music, radio and streaming?

APRA AMCOS administers rights used in live performances, radio and television broadcasts, streaming and music played in businesses. It also administers some reproduction rights through AMCOS.

That does not mean one licence automatically covers every use. Playing background music in a shop, hosting a live event, streaming an event from your own website and putting music into a video may fall under different tariffs or require additional permissions. Online video can also require sound recording and synchronisation permission.

Read the current APRA AMCOS guidance on licensing music online before using music online or in a recording.

You do not need a separate APRA AMCOS Australia licence if you only use MelloJam

If your business plays only MelloJam music through the MelloJam player, you are not using music from the repertoire covered by APRA AMCOS's licensing route. MelloJam's original catalogue and the commercial playback rights it controls are included in your MelloJam plan, so you do not need a separate licence from APRA AMCOS for the MelloJam playback itself.

A separate non-waivable venue charge can still apply where local law imposes one. Radio, television, Spotify, other recordings, live music, DJs, events, copying and online use are outside the MelloJam plan.

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