Do I have to pay APRA fees?
You pay when you first take out the APRA licence, then when it renews once a year. If your licence fee is more than $500 we will put you on quarterly payments (with no interest) or you can choose to pay annually.
How much does APRA pay per song?
Show me the money!
APRA AMCOS paid out $7.2m in live performance royalties to members who submitted Performance Reports for their gigs during the 2016-17 financial year - for Australian composers and songwriters that is $2.63 per song.
How much does it cost to join APRA?
It's free to join, and once you do, we can: Give businesses permission to play, perform, copy or make available your music. Collect payments from those organisations in the form of music licences.
How do I license a song in Australia?
You can get permission to use copyright-protected music by asking each owner of the music you use and paying them directly. Or, you can obtain a music licence from a music rights organisation, which will cover the use of the vast majority of the world's commercially-available music in your business.