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Why do I need a licence to play music?
How does the law apply to music licensing?
Having permission to play music in a business setting is a legal requirement under the Copyright Act (1968), regardless of what industry you operate in or how you play music.
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The benefits of using music
A OneMusic licence gives you legal access to the majority of the world’s music and brings you into the music economy, allowing even more music to be created.
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An important step for any emerging, mid-career, or heritage music creator is to get paid.
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We bring music and business together by offering simple music licences that give you the permission you need to use our music in your business.
Purchase a OneMusic licence and unlock permission to use millions of our songs
People invest time, money and creativity crafting music for us to enjoy. Music creators then ask OneMusic to look after certain rights on their behalf.
OneMusic licenses your business
OneMusic issues licences to businesses and organisations, giving you permission you need to play our music.
Music creators are paid their share of your licence fee
We take paying the RIGHT copyright owner their share of your licence fee (royalties) very seriously. The music creators we represent hold us to that every day. Using APRA AMCOS’ and PPCA’s huge database of songs and recordings, OneMusic ensures that music creators are paid so they can keep on making the music we love.
Where do my fees actually go?
OneMusic keeps track of the music being played in a huge database drawn from radio and television stations, performance reports, streaming services, music recognition software and background music suppliers.
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Code of Conduct call for submissions 2023
In line with each Collecting Society’s obligations as a participant of the Code of Conduct for Collecting Societies, compliance with the Code’s standards of conduct is the subject of an annual compliance review.
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Nominations open for OneMusic Excellence Award!
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Create a live music micro-festival in your LGA...with our help!
The Live Music Office is now seeking Expressions of Interest from local Councils for Live and Local events in 2023 and 2024. This exciting initiative offers matched-funded partnership opportunities for local Councils to develop better regulation and strategic policies that will assist in increasing live music activities within local communities. The LMO will support councils to deliver activities including micro-festival events, professional development offerings and a dedicated local industry forum.
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Case Study
New Farm barbershop in tune with what's cool
Brisbane barbershop, Mustachery on Brunswick believe that music plays a huge part of their business culture. Customer experience is at the forefront of what they do, and it’s more than just a haircut. They believe having a music licence is crucial to the health of Australian music industry, which they value deeply.
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Watch the webinar for dance studio owners with Ausdance ACT
Watch the educational dance sector webinar to learn more about how to legally play music in your studios.
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Ins and outs of music licensing for breweries
Most breweries are open to the public and are playing music to entertain guests. Find out what kind of permission you need to play music and what licence scheme applies to the brewery sector.
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