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You have to pay royalties to your national organisation that collects royalties
for artists and producers. In my country they are called BUMA/STEMRA BUMA
is the part that collects STEMRA is the part where artists and producers deposit
their rights.
Think of these as the IRS they're nasty to deal with and it ain't cheap.
pandora had to stop broadcasting outside the US because of this. You even
pay royalties on blank writable media like cdroms, cassettes, mini disks etc, etc.
In Holland to play radio/tv in your house every dutch person pays a yearly
fee. Now if you play the same radio in your shop or even workshop then
you have to pay like 3000 euros per year extra. Coz then you're playing
music in an public accessible environment. All places where music is played
in public pay these fees. So yes unless you play music that's excempt of
copyrights you'd have to pay royalties....and you better pay them upfront
coz when they come knocking on your door you better be prepared for a
rough ride.....
Oh and b.t.w. you also pay royalties when buying music from the store.
That fee however covers ONLY when you play the music in your private
and non pubic domain.
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