{
  "id": 1058497,
  "title": "How much will UAE businesses pay to play music from December? Fees explained",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/how-much-will-uae-businesses-pay-to-play-music-from-december-fees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-15T13:38:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/uae/how-much-will-uae-businesses-pay-to-play-music-from-december-fees-explained-1.500642096"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Abu Dhabi: Restaurants, cafés, hotels, gyms, shopping centres and other businesses in the UAE will face annual licensing fees for the public use of protected music from December, under a new framework issued by the Ministry of Economy and Tourism. The fees are set out in the ministry’s new Collective Management in Music Guide, which establishes a nationwide tariff system for businesses and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}