Recording your own wedding or other private event

APRA|AMCOS offers a low-cost solution for incorporating music into films of weddings and similar events where those films have been made by you solely for the purpose of domestic viewing. 

What isn’t covered by these licences

Please note that these licences do not cover the use of music in the following types of audiovisual productions:

  • Corporate videos;
  • Training films;
  • Audiovisual productions that are commercially marketed;
  • Audiovisual productions that are made for sale to the public;
  • Audiovisual productions that are made for public screenings;
  • Audiovisual productions that are made for broadcast or internet transmission (including for upload to UGC sites such as YouTube); and
  • Audiovisual productions that contain promotional or advertising material.

If you are recording music for these or similar purposes, see Music in Advertisements and Film

You must make a separate licence application for each event you film, if you record mulitple private events, please visit the Videographers section.

Single Special Event Licence fees are as follows:

  • $55.00 up to and including 5 copies
  • $4.00 more than 5 copies

Download the Licence here>>

Further information

For more information, contact APRA|AMCOS on 0800 69 2772 and ask for Broadcast Services. Or, email .

 

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