Funeral Services

Yes. The Funeral Directors Association of New Zealand (FDANZ) and OneMusic have negotiated a discounted rate for the use of music in funeral services for FDANZ members. If you are a member with them, you can obtain the Funeral Services aspect of your licence at this discounted rate directly with them as part of your membership fee.

If you play music in the following ways, you will also need to hold a Music Licence directly with us. 

• Play music in general areas and waiting areas.
• Play Music in the Workplace by employees in office areas.
• Play Music On Hold used via your phone system.

If you are an independent funeral home or funeral director, you should apply for all aspects of music use by completing the Funeral Services Licence Application, click 'GET A LICENCE' above.

Under New Zealand law you need permission from music creators to use their music in your business. 

This permission is required regardless of how you play music – whether you play the radio, TV, CDs, or use digital music services such as Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube. Simply buying music or paying for a subscription service does not give you the permission you need to play music in a business setting. Your OneMusic licence gives you permission to play essentially all commercially released music from here and around the world. 

All businesses that play music, from cafes, bars and nightclubs to retail stores, gyms, hairdressers and pharmacies, need permission from music creators to play their music.

Yes. As an Independent Funeral Director, the OneMusic Funeral Services licence travels with you regardless of where the service is held, e.g. funeral home, church, school hall.  

It covers your use of our music, lyrics, and sound recordings in various ways such as copying music into presentations and when playing music outside of the funeral service itself. 

The Funeral Service licence allows you to: 

• Copy Music for the purpose of making Audio Programmes to be played at Funeral Services; 
• Copy Music for the purpose of making Audio Visual Programmes to be played at Funeral Services; 
• Copy Music into PowerPoint presentations (or a similar program) for presentation at Funeral Services; 
• Copy lyrics contained within an AMCOS Work into a presentation, on a projector or for distribution to attendees via hard copies at Funeral Services; and
• Make and distribute up to 50 copies of a Video/Film recorded at a Funeral Service for distribution via a Delivery Platform free of charge, to relatives and friends for personal and domestic use; or 
• Reproduce and communicate Music as part of a Funeral Service for live, on-demand or time-delayed streaming over a Website (for a period of 60 days) for the comfort and convenience of those who are physically or geographically unable to attend the Funeral Service in person. 

Delivery Platform means the physical device by which a programme is delivered which may include DVDs, USBs and hard drives. 
Website means a website owned or controlled by the Licensee, accessed via password. 

Yes it is. The Copyright Act clearly establishes these public performance rights. The Copyright Act also outlines the penalties for anyone in breach of the Act.

The OneMusic licence covers you for the use of our music in your business regardless of the source – whether it’s from radio, CDs, or a digital music service.

You should be aware that a OneMusic licence, even when it includes Digital Delivery only gives you permission to use our music in your business. It does not override the Terms of Use for the personal digital music service, nor does it give you permission to use that particular digital music service for a commercial purpose – that permission can only come from the owners of that digital music service.

Even with our licence, the use of digital music services by you in your business may be in breach of the terms and conditions of your end user agreement with that service. You should check with your service provider.

OneMusic is a joint licensing initiative between APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music NZ. Many music creators around the world earn an income by granting organisations, like ours, the right to collect and pay their royalties.

OneMusic simplifies the licensing process and allows music users to meet their copyright obligations to play our music in their business.

When you hear about music royalties, that’s what we do.

Your OneMusic licence fee is distributed by APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music NZ, who are the companies behind OneMusic. Each organisation has a commitment to their music creators and their own distribution policies.

Every month over 330 million lines of music data is analysed from digital music services, background music suppliers, radio stations, television stations, live performers and more. After minimal administration costs all money collected is paid to our local and international music creators – songwriters, composers, publishers, recording artists and record labels.

Find out more from APRA AMCOS and Recorded Music NZ.

Yes. Even when the funeral is held in a church and/or the funeral celebrant is a member of the church. The Funeral Services licence covers your use of our music, lyrics, and sound recordings in various ways such as copying music into presentations and when playing music outside of the funeral service itself.