I want to upload music content, for example background music, to my homepage. What do I need to consider?

If you upload music onto your own website, our tariff VR-OD 10 for online uses on a small scale is applicable. You can register the use [SJ1] under this tariff in our  Online Portal. As a general agreement partner, please use the relevant form.

Background music is played when a website is opened without the need for the website visitor to select anything. It is often confused with music in videos. A precise definition is located on the page on the tariff VR-OD 10.

Please note that – irrespective of the licensing process we exercise – you still may have to acquire additional rights directly from the rightsholders. We would like to mention, by way of example, the neighbouring rights (labels) when it comes to using original recordings and the  synchronisation/adaptation rights (usually with the music publishers).