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The Jukebox License Office (JLO) has decided that jukebox licensing fees must increase after a two-year freeze. These fees are charged for the public performance of music on CD and 45rpm coin phonographs. In 2009, the office licensed about 26,100 CD and vinyl boxes.
The JLO, based in Nashville, Tennessee, administers the Jukebox License Agreement on behalf of performing-rights organisations including the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), SESAC and BMI. The agreement sets a blanket fee that covers all public performances of the copyrighted music protected by these groups.
The agreement does not, however, cover digital downloading machines. For those, networking software records actual plays in order to compute royalty payments.
The annual fee for an operation’s first jukebox will increase by $5 to $439. All additional jukeboxes licensed by the same business will be charged a flat $101 per jukebox, a $1 increase from 2009. But as an incentive to take up or renew membership in the Amusement & Music Operators Association (AMOA), members will be charged only $74 for each additional licence, after purchasing the first at full price.
Operators must meet three criteria in order to receive the AMOA member discount in 2011. First, they should submit a 2010 Schedule A and payment by 15 March 2011. They must also have renewed and paid their AMOA membership dues before their JLO renewal. Finally, they should indicate their AMOA Member ID number on the renewal form.
More information at www.jukeboxlicense.com
