For businesses

Lower licensing costs. Less compliance work. Business music made easier.

HMG aims to reduce your business’s overall music-licensing spend by combining a direct HMG licence with any adjusted OneMusic licence that remains applicable. We also provide the music, playback technology, reporting and practical support needed to make compliance simpler, while directing more value to participating New Zealand artists.

Talk to HMG about savingsAny OneMusic adjustment remains subject to eligibility and applicable requirements.

A supportive way forward

Using Spotify in your business? We can help.

Personal Spotify accounts are designed for personal, non-commercial listening. Using a personal streaming service to play music publicly in a business does not, by itself, provide the permissions required for commercial use or produce venue-level reporting that connects those plays with royalty distribution.

Personal streaming account

Spotify used in a business

Personal Spotify accountDesigned for personal listening

Business playbackMusic played publicly

Permission gapCommercial rights not supplied by the account

No venue-level reportingPlays are not linked to local royalty distribution

Supported business solution

Fair Play pathway

Managed music supplyBuilt for business use

Appropriate licensingHMG direct licence plus other required licences

Fair Play reportingSongs, times & participating locations

Artist paymentDirect repertoire traced to creators

If your business currently uses Spotify, YouTube or another personal streaming service in-store, HMG can help you move to an appropriately supplied, licensed and reported music solution. Our aim is to make the transition practical, supportive and straightforward.

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We can help review your current setup, explain the licences that may apply and introduce Fair Play Aotearoa without shaming staff or disrupting the atmosphere your customers already enjoy.

Help my business become compliant