You do not have to pay copyright royalties:

• if you are using music from the public domain.
• if you are using royalty-free music.

In this catalogue you can find out whether a musical work belongs to Sabam’s national or international repertoire.

Is the music recording less than 70 years old? Then you do have to pay the Fair Remuneration.

You do not have to pay the Fair Remuneration:

• if an artist, band or orchestra plays live music.
• if you use recorded music in a theatre production or film. However, you must ask the producer of that music for permission directly to use it in your production.
  Please note that this does not apply to music you play in the foyer or at the bar. Or music that you play before or after the film screening or theatre performance. For those types of use, you do have to pay the Fair Remuneration.

In these cases, you do have to pay copyright royalties.