Licensing of public performance for lucrative purpose
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UPFR grants licenses for Public performance with a lucrative scope to legal persons and freelancers for each activity and work site in which music is used. The license is not transferable. You can opt for a validity period of up to one year, with the possibility to extend it.
This license is appropriate if the registered music or videos are used as main resource into your activity (show, disco, club, bar, cabaret, dance activities, dance clubs, nightclub bar, videotheque, rhythmic gymnastics, gym, aerobics, zumba aerobic, kangoo jumpetc). The license grants you the right to play music in closed or open spaces, where the public has access to and which are mentioned in the license.
According to ORDA Decision No. 113/2006, UPFR is designated as the collector of remuneration due to producers of phonograms for the public communication of phonograms.
Before making use of registered music/ videos, you are legally bound to request this specific license from UPFR, which acts as a collecting society for the rights related to copyright that the recording companies own. The procedure for obtaining a license for a lucrative purpose (click here). For further information please refer to the ORDA decisions below.
CAREFUL!!! From April 4, 2022, the previous penalty from the Methodologies below no longer applies, but a penalty equal to the legal interest. The level of the delay penalty provided by the methodologies was modified by art. 165 para. 91 of Law no. 8/1996 on copyright and related rights, amended by Law no. 69/2022, in force from 04.04.2022.
UPFR mentions that the article in all contracts in force after April 4, 2022 that refers to penalties, is assumed to have been modified by UPFR, in the sense of calculating any penalty after this date with the application of legal interest.
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Specific regulations for lucrative license
CAREFUL!!! From April 4, 2022, the previous penalty from the Methodologies below no longer applies, but a penalty equal to
Fee amount for the license for the use of lucrative music
The value of the fee depends on the type of activity in which the music is used, of the rural/urban
Types of lucrative users
The license License for Public Performance with lucrative use shall be requested for the following activities: Different type of events,
The procedure for obtaining a license for a lucrative purpose
Fill out the Agreement (download the Agreement and the Annexes) and read the Instructions for filling out the agreement. Send
