{
  "id": 562927,
  "title": "UAE to charge businesses new fee for playing copyrighted music",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/uae-to-charge-businesses-new-fee-for-playing-copyrighted-music",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-11T11:21:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/08/11/uae-to-charge-businesses-new-fee-for-playing-copyrighted-music/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Restaurants, cafes and hotels will need to pay an annual royalty fee to play copyrighted music on their premises from December. The royalty fees will be managed by two authorised groups – Music Nation and the Emirates Music Rights Association – and will apply to businesses that use copyrighted music commercially, including shopping malls, fitness centres and airlines. The Ministry of Economy said…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}