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  "id": 829370,
  "title": "UAE's music royalty fee will benefit creative community, say local business owners",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/uaes-music-royalty-fee-will-benefit-creative-community-say-local",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T02:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The National UAE",
    "slug": "the-national-uae",
    "url": "https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/08/14/uaes-music-royalty-fee-will-benefit-creative-community-say-local-business-owners/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "A new government requirement to pay annual royalties for playing copyrighted music is a positive step towards a functioning creative economy, industry figures have said. The UAE's Ministry of Economy confirmed this week that commercial premises will need to obtain a music licence from December 1. Restaurants, cafes, hotels, shopping malls, airlines and fitness centres are among those in scope,…",
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        "outlet": "The National Business",
        "title": "UAE's music royalty fee will benefit creative community, say local business owners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/uaes-music-royalty-fee-will-benefit-creative-community-say-local-832274",
        "published": "2026-08-14T02:00:01.000Z"
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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."
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