The Uganda Performing Rights Society (UPRS) typically performs the following functions:
- Monitors when, where, and how its members’ works are used.
- Negotiates tariffs and licensing terms with commercial music users.
- Licenses the use of copyrighted works on behalf of its members and other rights holders it represents.
- Collects royalties from music users and distributes them to the respective rights holders.
UPRS collects royalties through licensing agreements with various music users. These licenses cover all forms of music usage, including digital streaming, broadcasting, public performances, and reproductions. The society then distributes royalties to its members whenever their music is performed, broadcast, streamed, downloaded, reproduced, or used in films and television.
Public venues that require music licensing include gyms, bars, gardens, pubs, beaches, clubs, discotheques, hotels, restaurants, jukeboxes, live music events, radio stations, television channels, and similar establishments.