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Do you have to pay royalties to play music like Mozart or Beethoven on the radio?

April 26, 2017BEETHOVEN Mozart Music pay play radio royalties

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Do you have to pay royalties to play music like Mozart or Beethoven on the radio?

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Yes. If you are running an online radio station, you still have to pay royalties for classical music – for the performers. If you had recordings from before 1924 or so, they might be in the public domain. But even though the music was written long ago, the performances were done recently.