Recorded Music for Dance Use
The Recorded Music for Dance Use scheme (RMFD Scheme) has been developed by OneMusic Australia (OneMusic) for businesses that use OneMusic’s recorded music for customers to dance to – for example, a dedicated nightclub, a dance club, or a specific area in a hotel or other venue.
This Rate Setting Guide describes how OneMusic sets the rates under the RMDU 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:
- Recorded Music for Dance Use
- Website Use
- Telephone on Hold
1. Recorded Music for Dance Use
Recorded Music for Dance Use means recorded music played for the purpose of dancing such as in a nightclub or dance area.
Rate Structure:
The rate structure for Recorded Music for Dance Use is an amount per person admitted to each RMFD Area for each day of operation per year. The daily fee is capped according to the capacity of the RMFD Area.
RMFD Area means a physically separate area, either within a multi-function establishment or a standalone dance venue, that provides Recorded Music for Dance Use by patrons and has a dance floor or charges an Entry Fee.
Rate:
The original rate, which was calculated according to the capacity of the RMDU Area, was determined by the Copyright Tribunal of Australia in 2007, in a reference by PPCA that was subsequently applied by APRA (but according to attendance, rather than capacity). The OneMusic rate, which was introduced in March 2021, covers both APRA and PPCA rights and is discounted from what would be the rate if the previous APRA rate and the previous PPCA rate were added together.
2. Website Use
The use of OneMusic’s music as background streams on websites is a licence category that appears in a number of OneMusic’s schemes, including the RMFD Scheme.
The fixed annual rate for Website Use is able to be ‘added on’ to a Recorded Music for Dance Use licence. More information about the rate and rate structure for Website Use is available HERE.
3. Telephone on Hold
The use of OneMusic’s music as Telephone on Hold music under the RMFD Scheme involves the same rates and rate structure as under the Workplace Music and Telephone on Hold scheme.
More information about the rate and rate structure for Telephone on Hold is available HERE.