{
  "id": 555571,
  "title": "UAE introduces new music licensing fees: What restaurants, hotels and malls need to know",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/uae-introduces-new-music-licensing-fees-what-restaurants-hotels-and",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-11T08:23:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/retail/uae-introduces-new-music-licensing-fees-what-restaurants-hotels-and-malls-need-to-know-1.500637152"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Dubai: Restaurants, cafés, hotels, shopping malls, fitness centres and airlines across the UAE will come under a new music licensing fee framework from December 2026, following the launch of rules governing the commercial use of music. The Ministry of Economy and Tourism said on Tuesday that the Collective Management Guide for Music…",
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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."
}