Find information about licences and the use of music

The background music in a holiday home licence covers the public performance of background music from a phonogram in holiday homes.

The background music in a gym licence covers the public performance of background music at the customer premises of gyms, sports and well-being centers.

The background music in personnel facilities licence covers the performance of background music in work, personnel and recreation facilities of a workplace, such as in gyms and conference rooms. The licence also covers such employee cafeterias to which outsiders have no access.

The background music in an amusement park licence covers the public performance of background music from a phonogram in the amusement parks.

The background music in a cinema licence covers the performance of phonograms as background music in the cinema auditorium, cinema lobby or waiting areas in the immediate proximity of the auditorium as granted by Gramex.

The DJ licence for a venue licence is intended for e.g. for pubs and bars, dance restaurants, nightclubs and clubs with DJs.

The music in a dance restaurant licence is intended for dance restaurants, nightclubs, clubs and discos, where a DJ plays recorded music as dance music.

The personal reproduction licence allows one person to copy or download music.

The consumer’s free right to copy music is limited to purely private use, so a reproduction licence is always required for using recorded music as background music. Music purchased from music stores intended for private use cannot be played in public spaces without a reproduction licence. Recording licences for copying music for public performance can be obtained from Musiikkiluvat Oy.

The phone queue music licence covers the queue music performed in a company’s own telephone switch and the reproduction of music into the telephone system.