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. This licence is event specific and is offered in conjunction with the Australia Recording Industry Association (ARIA) to provide a simple one-stop licence for the separate rights in the underlying works and associated sound recordings and gives you access to a world of music for your wedding and domestic video recordings.
Normally, obtaining copyright clearances to synchronise and dub (reproduce) recorded music onto a film or video would involve contacting each of the rights owners in each of the works and sound recordings that you want to use. However, the AMCOS/ARIA Domestic Use Video Licence gives you a simple and cheap way of complying with your copyright obligations.
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
Standard format (any format)
1 to 5 copies: $52.95
6 to 20 copies: $52.95 for the first five copies, plus $6.25 for each extra copy up to and including 20 copies.
21 + copies: $146.70 for the first 20 copies, plus $5.25 for each extra copy
You must make a separate licence application for each event you film.
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Further Information
For more information, contact Commercial Recordings on 1300 852 388 and follow the voice prompts to enquiries about the reproduction of music. Or, email
General copyright information can be obtained from the Australian Copyright Council.