Licences and Prices
The licence fees are paid to our members who are music authors, arrangers and publishers.
Great that you’re interested in music licences!
I don’t have a licence yet: Do you organise events, concerts festivals or other event where you play music or do you use music online? Below, you find information on the wide selection of our music licences.
I already have a licence: If you already have a licence, you can find detailed information on the terms and conditions and pricing of the licences below.
Does your restaurant host live gigs, disco or karaoke or other events with music?
Are you organising concerts, festivals, conventions or a smaller event where music is played?
Are you organising a live-streamed event in which music is played or do you use music on your company website, on social media or other online platform like Vimeo or Teams?
Do you incorporate music in moving images (synchronisation) or make digital and physical copies of films?
Do you play background music in your business premises? Licences for background music are sold by Musiikkiluvat.fi, a joint venture of Teosto and Gramex.
- A maximum of ten events during a calendar year
- Not bound to a specific venue, at the maximum 200 attendees per event
- You can obtain a Large or Small licence
- Large: for live music, karaoke, recorded music and background music
- Small: karaoke, recorded music and background music
- No reporting of invoicing or music-related information to Teosto
- The licence is specific to a certain business ID (one Ten Licence per year per company)
- A single restaurant cannot have both a Ten Licence and a live or recorded music for a restaurant licence
- Paid for with a single invoice, no payment refund is given even if the number of events organised is less than ten
- For using recorded music, you also need a Gramex Event Licence which is sold together with the Ten Licence
- Gives you the right to use music on the internet, in radio and local TV operations as well as download services
- Does not cover the use of music in advertisement or marketing content published online or on social media
- Only for operators with an annual revenue of up to EUR 50,000 from the above mentioned services
- Covers video and audio content, both free of charge and subject to a charge for consumers, that includes music
- Does not cover live streams or reproductions of gigs and concerts
- Not needed for free live streaming of music content on platforms licensed by Teosto (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok)
- The obtainer of the licence does not need to report the information about to the use of music to Teosto
- Gives you the right to perform live music, recorded music or karaoke at non-recurring events of all sizes
- For example for companies, corporations and societies that organise events
- Includes both Teosto’s and Gramex’s licences
- For free events and events subject to a charge
- Event-specific price
- To be paid 2–4 weeks after each event
Other licences
We have shortly described some additional licences and added their price lists. If you have any questions about the licences or want to acquire one, please contact our customer service.
Online
A music usage licence is needed for distributing, spreading or performing music on the Internet and in online services. Private users also need the licence if they use music, for example, on their own websites or share it with others for downloading. For more information, please contact our medialicensing team medialicensing@teosto.fi.
The performing rights royalty for services providing paid audiovisual content is determined as a percentage of AV service provider’s revenue subject to royalty. The royalty shall be at least the minimum payment mentioned below. This price list does not apply to services only containing music or music videos.
The royalty percentage of an AV service is determined on the basis of the profile of the content it provides. If the service has advertising revenues as well, the royalty for the advertising revenue shall be paid according to the price list for free-to-end user AV services based on the share of music in the content.
Municipalities and parishes
Teosto has agreements with municipalities and parishes on paying performing right royalties and reporting performance information. For instance, municipalities pay annual compensation based on the number of residents in the municipality for the use of music.
| Municipal Annual Licence 2023 |
| 9.82 cents/resident per calendar year.
Minimum invoicing EUR 25/year |
| VAT at current rate is added to the fee. |
| Municipal Annual Licence 2024 |
| TBA |
| VAT at current rate is added to the fee. |
| Parish Annual Licence 2023 |
| 10.63 cents/parishioner per calendar year.
Minimum invoicing EUR 44.70/year |
| VAT at current rate is added to the fee. |
| Parish Annual Licence 2024 |
| 11.14 cents/parishioner per calendar year.
Minimum invoicing EUR 46.85/year |
| VAT at current rate is added to the fee. |
Radio and television
Radio and TV channels pay performing rights royalties for the music they play that is protected by copyright. The sum payable is affected by the amount of music they play and, in the case of commercial radio channels, the channel’s revenue. Television companies broadcast content not only via free-to-air channels, but also via pay-TV channels and over Internet. Teosto and television companies negotiate the terms and pricing of music use yearly.
FM radio stations pay a certain percentage of the station’s overall revenue from radio operations as performing rights and mechanical reproduction royalties. Radio stations must declare all music used in their broadcasts to Teosto by the 15th day of the month following the
broadcasting month.
The price of the licence is a certain percentage of the Internet radio’s revenue. If the radio has little or no revenue, they will pay a minimum fee, which is determined by the amount of music played and the number of potential simultaneous listeners.
The performing rights royalty for services providing free-to-end user audiovisual content is determined as a percentage of AV service provider’s revenue subject to royalty. The royalty percentage of an AV service is determined on the basis of the share of music within its contents. The price covers both linear broadcasts and VOD services.
The performing rights royalty for services providing paid audiovisual content is determined as a percentage of AV service provider’s revenue subject to royalty. The royalty percentage of an AV service is determined on the basis of the profile of the content it provides.
The performing rights royalty for services providing paid audiovisual content is determined as a percentage of AV service provider’s revenue subject to royalty. The royalty percentage of an AV service is determined on the basis of the profile of the content it provides.
The fee for distribution of a channel for testing and promotional purposes only (no loger than 2 months) is EUR 0.01/household/month or part thereof.
VAT at the current rate will be added to the fee.