What is the Music Licensing Fee for a Beem Light Sauna franchise used for?
Beem_Light_Sauna Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
attend our initial training program, provided that they are all trained at the same time. If your representatives attend a subsequent initial training program, we may charge our then-current initial training fee (the "Training Fee") for each representative that attends such training, which shall be no more than $1,000 per day per trainee. You acknowledge that we have no obligation to refund the Training Fee, in whole or in part, for any reason.
- 3.12 Music Licensing Fee. You must pay to us or our Affiliates, or a third party that we designate, a music licensing fee for the right to play music and playlists in the Studio (the "Music Licensing Fee"). We may require you to pay the Music Licensing Fee directly to our approved supplier.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 71–230)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to the 2025 Beem Light Sauna Franchise Disclosure Document, the Music Licensing Fee is intended to cover the cost for the right to play music and playlists within the studio. While franchisees typically must pay this fee, Section 3.12 regarding the Music Licensing Fee has been deleted from the agreement.
If Beem Light Sauna or its affiliates collect the fee, it will be equal to the cost charged by the providers or music clearing houses to Beem Light Sauna or its affiliates, plus an administrative fee of up to 5% of the fee charged to them. Beem Light Sauna may require franchisees to pay the Music Licensing Fee directly to their approved supplier.
This means that while a fee is typically required to play music in the studio, the franchisee should confirm whether this fee is still required, and if so, the amount and to whom it should be paid. Franchisees should also confirm whether the fee is paid to Beem Light Sauna, its affiliates, or directly to an approved third-party supplier.