Internet – an Internet service with a low scope of activity and income
Internet – an Internet service with a low scope of activity and income
License to play music and use texts by way of Streaming, Streaming on Demand to websites and/or online services and applications that are non-commercial
Internet – an Internet service with a low scope of activity and income
This license is intended for the use of all the works from the Acum repertoire by means of Streaming and/or Streaming on Demand. In addition, the license allows the placement of texts, notes and chords, but of Israeli works only. All this is valid for websites, online services and applications with a low scope of activity and income. The license does not allow Download of protected works.
Threshold conditions
Acum’s license for internet services with a low scope of activity and income is suitable for websites, online services and applications that meet the following two threshold conditions:
- The number of monthly entries to them does not exceed 100,000.
- Their estimated annual income, for the first year of the license (as well as in the subsequent periods), does not exceed a total of 19,200 NIS (average monthly income of 1,600 NIS).
Users who do not meet the above requirements are required to directly contact the digital department at Acum in order to arrange another appropriate license. For more information, click here.
The main conditions of the license:
The license: The license is intended for the use of all the works from the Akum repertoire by means of Streaming, Streaming on Demand. In addition, the license allows the placement of texts, notes and chords but of Israeli works only. All this is valid for websites, online services and applications with a low scope of activity and income. The license does not allow Download of protected works.
Provision of details: The licensee must provide his full details to Acum for contact purposes, as well as the website address/service/application and a description of the service.
Compliance with the threshold conditions: (a) up to 100,000 monthly entries (b) estimated annual income that does not exceed NIS 19,200.
Completion of reports: At the end of each calendar year during the license period, the licensee must report to Acum true data regarding the number of accesses to the service and the revenues from it (if any), in order to verify the correctness of the estimated license fees paid by the licensee. If possible, the aforementioned report will include details of the works from the Acum repertoire that the licensee used as part of the services.
The license fee: In exchange for the license, the licensee will pay the license fee to Acum the license fee as detailed in the table below, according to the number of monthly accesses to the service and the nature of usage. In the first year, the payment will be in advance, with the signing of the license, and from the second year onwards, payment must be made at the beginning of each additional calendar year during the license period. To the extent that the actual scope of activity is higher than the declared estimate, the licensee must supplement the license fees in accordance with the true data, and if it does not meet the threshold conditions – he must arrange another license that is suitable for commercial sites (as detailed above).VAT will be added to all fees. If a license is signed during the calendar year, the licensee will pay the proportional part of the payment (pro-rata).
License period: The agreement is valid from the date of its signing until the last day of the calendar year in which it was signed. The agreement is renewed for additional periods of one calendar year at a time, unless one of the parties has notified the other of their desire to terminate the agreement.
Limitations of the license: The license does not include commercial use of the works, including the creation of a connection between the work/works and a product/service, the use of moral rights, the use of the right to create derivative works, performance rights, record rights and any other right not expressly mentioned therein.
Acum’s logo: The licensee will explicitly state on the website/app/online service that the service operates under an Acum license
Tariffs:
Acum rates for 2024
Type of use – copying texts on the Internet
Number of monthly visits to the website Monthly rate (NIS) Annual rate (NIS)
1 to 10,000 32 3841
10001 to 20,000 56 672
20001 to 30,000 80 960
30001 to 40,000 104 1,248
40001 to 50,000 128 1,536
50001 to 60,000 152 1,824
60001 to 70,000 176 2,112
70001 to 80,000 200 2,400
80001 to 90,000 224 2,688
90001 to 100,000 248 2,976
Type of use – Playing music on the Internet
Number of monthly visits to the website Monthly rate (NIS) Annual rate (NIS)
1 to 10,000 40 4801
10001 to 20,000 80 960
20001 to 30,000 120 1,440
30001 to 40,000 160 1,920
40001 to 50,000 200 2,400
50001 to 60,000 240 2,880
60001 to 70,000 280 3,360
70001 to 80,000 320 3,840
80001 to 90,000 360 4,320
90001 to 100,000 400 4,800
General Conditions:
- The above tariffs are published by ACUM Ltd- the Authors, Composers & Music Publishers Society in Israel (hereinafter “ACUM”). The rates are determined at ACUM’s discretion and exclusive responsibility.
- These tariffs do not constitute license to use works from ACUM repertoire. To obtain a license, the client has to apply to ACUM by written and prior the beginning of the usage of the work.
- The final license fees are calculated according to data and parameters relevant to each client. Any applicant for a license undertakes to provide ACUM with any information required for the calculation of feasible and appropriated license fees.
- ACUM reserves the right to change the tariffs from time to time.
- In case of contradiction between any terms of the published tariffs and those on the license agreed and signed by the licensee, the content of this license shall take precedence.
- The sums detailed on the tariffs do not include Value Added Tax (VAT). VAT will be added to any payment according to its legal rate, against a tax invoice as required by law.
- All the above is subject to the terms applicable to ACUM according to the determinations of the Antitrust Tribunal.