Music in transport
Get access to music from around the world in just a few clicks. With a Stim music licence, you can create welcoming and inspiring travel experiences on trains, buses or ferries.
Do you play music on a train or ferry? Research shows that thoughtfully chosen music can improve the passenger experience and strengthen your brand. To use music legally in a business setting, you need a licence. Stim ensures that the money goes to the people who created the music.
Choose the right licence package for your business
In our shop you’ll find licence packages tailored to different needs. We offer three packages: Mini, Basic and Premium. Premium is our most comprehensive package and covers everything you may need.
If needed, we can tailor the packages to your business. That way you only pay for what is relevant, while knowing you have the right licences in place.
Suitable for businesses such as:
- Ferries
- Trains
- Buses
- Airlines
- Public transport operators
- Taxis
How is the cost calculated?
Example
The shipping company Östersjön operates a ferry that runs daily between Stockholm and Riga. Music is used in several different areas on board, which means Östersjön needs more than one licence.
- Cabins: a licence for TV and radio, priced based on the number of cabins and paid in advance.
- Restaurants: a licence for serving premises, priced based on floor area and the number of opening days.
- Shops, corridors, toilets and lifts: covered by a retail-premises licence, where the fee is based on floor area and opening hours.
- Nightclub and DJ performances: follow the same licensing model as restaurants.
- Piano bar: requires an advance licence for live music.
- Head office: uses a workplace licence, where the fee is based on the number of employees.
Where does the money go?
The licence fees you pay are distributed to songwriters, composers and music publishers in accordance with copyright law. Stim is owned by rightsholders and operates as a member-owned economic association with no profit motive.
Together with you as a customer, we help create better conditions for creativity and renewal in Sweden’s music scene. Today, Stim represents nearly 100,000 affiliated music creators and publishers.