Music Licensing – UPRS

Learn how UPRS licenses music usage and ensures creators are fairly compensated.

UPRS, as a Collective Management Organization (CMO), helps businesses and entities that use music—such as radio stations, shops, clubs, and television—obtain permission from copyright owners. This removes the burden of individual negotiations and simplifies licensing.

Membership is open to all copyright owners including performers, songwriters, publishers, and producers. UPRS is owned by its members and operates to protect their rights.

Its main role is to collect royalties through licensing agreements and distribute them to members. These licenses cover digital, broadcast, and public performance uses.

Through international agreements with foreign CMOs, UPRS also represents global music catalogs in Uganda, including major record labels affiliated through IFPI such as Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music.

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Who should pay for a music license?

Aircraft
Beaches and similar open-air premises
Live music performances
Memory cards and memory sticks
Blank tape levy
Juke boxes
Hotels, guesthouses and similar multi-roomed establishments
Amusement arcades, parks and fairgrounds
Roadhouses, take aways and similar premises
Bars, gardens, pubs and similar premises
Restaurants, cafes, coffee shops and similar premises
Shops, stores, showrooms, offices, banks, gyms and similar premises
Light music concerts
Sports betting and similar premises
Hairdressing salons and barbers’ shops
Musical shows in halls, theatres and auditoriums
Clubs
Paid live music performances
Ringtone service providers
Radio and television diffusion services
Karaoke, mimes, cabaret, dancing or floor shows
Buses, taxis, minibuses and coaches
Mobile DJs
Discotheques and dance halls
Sports stadiums and race tracks
And many more…

Tariff Document

Download the official UPRS tariff document.

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