OJA STREAMING

Personal Streaming Platforms vs. Commercial Use

Can I use Spotify in my business?
No, not as background music for customers through a personal Spotify account. Spotify restricts its service to personal, noncommercial listening and explicitly prohibits public playback in businesses. Spotify's business-use policy.

OJA Streaming offers commercially licensed background music, with access to its catalog and a direct public performance license included in every plan. Explore OJA Streaming's business music plans.
Can I play Spotify in my business in Canada?
No. Spotify's Canadian usage rules do not authorize playing its consumer service publicly in a store, restaurant, salon, or other business. A Canadian subscription does not provide an exception for commercial background music. Spotify's Canadian business-use policy.

For Canadian businesses, OJA Streaming offers direct licensing for its own catalog, covering compositions and master recordings. Exclusive playback through OJA Player under an active OJA license requires no additional performing rights organization (PRO) royalties. Read about OJA's licensing coverage.
Can I use Spotify Premium in my business?
No. Paying for Spotify Premium does not authorize commercial background music or public playback for customers. Premium remains subject to Spotify's personal-use restrictions; a paid subscription does not expand those permissions into business music licensing. Spotify's subscription terms.

OJA Streaming lets you try its business music catalog for seven days with a temporary commercial license, without payment details or automatic renewal. Try OJA Streaming in your business.
Can I use Apple Music in my business?
No, not for customer-facing background music through a personal Apple Music subscription. Apple's terms limit the service to personal, noncommercial use and state that access does not transfer commercial-use rights. Apple's media service terms.

OJA Streaming provides music specifically for commercial environments, with curated soundscapes for retail, hospitality, and corporate spaces and direct licensing for its catalog. Discover OJA's music for business.
Can I use YouTube Music in my business?
No, a personal YouTube Music subscription does not provide permission to play background music for customers. YouTube's standard access is for personal, noncommercial use; paying for Premium does not itself grant commercial public performance rights. YouTube's usage terms.

OJA Streaming offers ad-free, curated business music with direct licensing for its catalog. You can choose among its available radios and soundscapes for your commercial space. Explore OJA's commercial music service.
Can I play YouTube in my business?
Not simply because a video is available online. Ordinary YouTube access does not authorize public screening of videos or public music playback in a business. Uses outside that permission require the relevant platform and content-rights authorization. YouTube's permissions and restrictions.

For background audio in your premises, OJA Streaming provides its own commercially licensed catalog through OJA Player. Its license does not extend to YouTube videos or other external content. Review OJA's commercial-use coverage.
Can I use Pandora in my business?
Not through Pandora's personal listening plans. Those plans do not authorize commercial background music; separately licensed business services have different terms. Pandora's ordinary service is also restricted to the United States and its territories, excluding Canada. Pandora's service and territory terms.

For eligible businesses in Canada seeking licensed background music, OJA Streaming offers its own catalog with a commercial public performance license. View OJA's business music plans.
Can I use a personal streaming subscription in my business?
Generally, no, when you mean playing music for customers. A subscription intended for personal listening should not be treated as permission for commercial public performance. OJA's FAQ specifically explains this limitation for personal Spotify and Apple Music accounts. Read OJA's personal-streaming guidance.

OJA Streaming supplies a dedicated business music catalog under commercial-use conditions for registered locations. Check OJA's business playback terms.
Why can't I just use Spotify in my business?
Because Spotify grants permission for personal listening, and playing it publicly for customers falls outside that permission. Paying for access to its music does not authorize using that account as your business's background music source. Spotify's commercial-use explanation.

OJA Streaming combines curated music for commercial spaces with direct licensing of its catalog, giving your business a service designed for that use. Explore OJA Streaming's business soundscapes.
Does Spotify include a commercial music license?
No. Spotify's standard consumer subscriptions do not include a commercial music license for public playback in your business. Its agreement grants personal, noncommercial access to the service and its content. Spotify's licensing terms.

Every OJA Streaming plan includes a direct public performance license for the OJA catalog, alongside music access. That license covers OJA's offering, not Spotify's catalog. See what's included in OJA's plans.
Does Spotify Premium cover public performance rights?
No. Spotify Premium does not grant you public performance rights to play its music for customers. The restriction on public business playback applies even when you pay for your account. Spotify's public-playback policy.

OJA Streaming includes a public performance license for its catalog and issues a digital certificate linking your business to that coverage. Learn about OJA's license certificate.
Do I still need SOCAN if I use Spotify?
Using Spotify does not replace SOCAN licensing where it is required for the music you play publicly. SOCAN addresses rights in musical compositions; recordings can involve separate rights. Canadian music rights explained.

However, paying SOCAN does not change Spotify's personal-use restrictions, so it does not make public business playback through a personal Spotify account permissible. Spotify's usage terms.

OJA Streaming directly licenses its own catalog. Exclusive playback of that catalog through OJA Player under an active license requires no additional SOCAN or other PRO royalties for the covered use. External music remains outside that coverage. Review OJA's PRO-free licensing conditions.