Send a message

Businesses that play music, especially in commercial settings like stores, restaurants, or fitness centers, generally need to pay music licensing fees. This is because playing music in a commercial environment typically requires a public performance license.

Music copyright laws protect the intellectual property of the artists, composers, and publishers. When a business plays music to the public, it may be considered a public performance of the copyrighted work, and as such, a license may be required.

Organizations like BMI, ASCAP, and SESAC in the United States manage these rights and issue licenses to businesses. The fees paid for these licenses go to the copyright holders as compensation for the use of their work.

MUSICDJ bears the costs of the fee ONLY for ROYALTY-FREE music.

ROYALTY FREE music on MUSICDJ is free. In all other cases, performance rights are not part of the free licenses and must be obtained through the appropriate collective rights society. This means that even when you purchase certain songs and pay a one-time fee to the provider, you still must pay a fee for performance or public broadcasting.”

P.R.O. catalog is music created and registered by composers who are members of the Performing Rights Organization (P.R.O.). Most mainstream artists, songwriters, and TV and film composers are members of a P.R.O.

For these composers and their registered songs, the P.R.O. manages a specific part of their musical copyright known as Performance Rights. Performance Rights include the right to publicly broadcast music on TV or radio stations, to play it in public places (e.g., supermarket, restaurant, theater, or other venues).

Yes, MUSICDJ Remote enables centralized control across venues.