Yes, you must pay for the copyright royalties that are due for your event. A ‘Multifunctional Venue’ licence is only valid for the Fair Remuneration and not for the copyright royalties.

With regard to Fair Remuneration, there are 2 types of licences for multifunctional venues:

• a licence 'with drinks'
• a licence 'with dance'

Whether or not you have to pay Fair Remuneration for your event depends on the type of licence of the venue and the type of event you are holding there.

For example: you are organising a dinner (without dancing) in a venue whose owner has a licence 'with drinks'. In this case, you do not pay Fair Remuneration, as your event is covered by the existing contract. However, if you hold a dance party there, you will have to pay Fair Remuneration, as the venue's licence is not valid for events involving dancing.

Via MyUnisono, you can quickly and easily check whether the venue in question has a licence for Fair Remuneration and which type of licence it is.

Please note: you will always have to apply for a licence for the copyright royalties for your event with music in a multifunctional venue.