The Dance and Performance Instructors and Dance Schools Scheme (DPIDS Scheme) has been developed for dance schools and dance, acting, and performance tutors.
This Rate Setting Guide describes how OneMusic Australia (OneMusic) sets the rates under the DPIDS Scheme. For more information about how OneMusic fixes rates and determines rate structures more generally, please see the Rate Setting Guide - General Background available HERE.
This scheme provides coverage for the use of OneMusic’s music in these licensing categories:
The Music in Dance Classes licence category provides permission to Dance and Performance Schools to play or perform music in association with dance classes, lessons, and rehearsals.
Dance classes taking place in fitness centres or gyms (such as Zumba or Hip-Hop) are covered under the Fitness Centre and Fitness & Wellbeing Instructors scheme, available HERE.
Rate Structure:
The rate structure for Music in Dance Classes is based on an average weekly number of dance classes across all locations, with thirteen price tiers depending on the number of dance classes per week over a 12-month period. That's an additional nine (9) Music in Dance Classes pricing tiers for businesses with more than 80 weekly classes
Location means a particular place where the dance instruction takes place. However, if a dance instructor spreads their dance classes across different Locations at different times of the day or different days of the week (such that two or more classes are not held at the same time on the same day at more than one location) we will count this as operating in one Location.
Rate:
OneMusic consulted with dance school licensees and peak bodies in late 2023, resulting in nine additional pricing tiers for businesses with more than 80 weekly classes, to allow for scale. The previous rate structure was priced on a per location basis, with four tiers of varied rates depending upon the number of weekly classes conducted at the, or each, location (with tiered rates for 1 - 5, 6 - 20, 21 - 40 or 41+ classes per week).
In recognition that, under the previous arrangements, a small Dance and Performance School that operates a large number of separate locations may be at a financial disadvantage as compared with a large, single location Dance and Performance School, Licence Fees will now be calculated by reference to the average weekly number of classes across all locations of a Dance and Performance School (or Dance Instructor) business; and introduce additional tiers of class numbers (from 4 tiers to 13 tiers) in order to scale the rates to reflect usage (when applied to a business rather than each location).
The Dance School Events licence category is for the use of OneMusic’s music at events, recitals, and performances by the Dance and Performance School or students of a Dance and Performance Instructor where the Entry Fee is $60 or less (including GST and any booking and handling fee). It excludes ballets, performances in a dramatic context, and Eisteddfod Performances.
Rate Structure:
The rate structure for the Dance School Events licence category is a flat fee per licensee, with four price tiers depending on the number of Dance School Events per year.
Rate:
As a result of the Dance Consultation held in 2023, in recognition that at a ‘per business’ level a two-tier structure may not include enough of a range of options, OneMusic expanded the structure from two tiers to a total of four tiers, with adjustments to the applicable rates.
The Audio Recording/Digital Package covers the Reproduction (copying) of up to 2,000 tracks containing PPCA Sound Recordings and/or APRA Works and AMCOS Works. This includes downloading or accessing music from a consumer digital music service (for example, Spotify).
Rate Structure:
The rate structure for the Audio Recording/Digital Package is a flat fee per student.
Rate:
OneMusic consulted with dance school licensees and peak bodies in 2018. This licence was previously offered by AMCOS (Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners’ Society) and ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) under a joint licensing arrangement. Under that licence there was a single rate covering both this Audio Recording/Digital Package and the Video Recording Package. The new rate for the Audio Recording/Digital Package was a continuation of the AMCOS/ARIA rate - a rate that had been in place since the early 1990s, subject to CPI adjustment – but at 1/3rd of that rate.
The Video Recording Package licence category includes:
Rate Structure:
The rate structure for the Video Recordings Package is a flat fee per student.
Rate:
OneMusic consulted with dance school licensees and peak bodies in 2018. This licence was previously offered by AMCOS (Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners’ Society) and ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) under a joint licensing arrangement. Under that licence there was a single rate covering both this Video Recording Package and the Audio Recording/Digital Package. The new rate for the Video Recording Package was a continuation of the AMCOS/ARIA rate - a rate that had been in place since the early 1990s, subject to CPI adjustment – but at 2/3rds of that rate.
The use of music as background streams on websites is a licensing category that appears in a number of OneMusic’s schemes, including the DPIDS Scheme up until October 1, 2024. Following the 2024 Dance Consultation, OneMusic removed Website Use as a separate licensing category and instead included permission to use OneMusic’s music in the coverage under the Music in Dance Classes category at no extra charge.
