Record indicates potential arrival of Apple Music for business

A few months ago, we commented here that the music industry (with Apple Music on the cake) was losing about $ 2.65 billion annually through the use of music platforms. streaming in commercial establishments As is well known, after all, licenses for services such as Spotify and Company are for personal use only; Bars, restaurants, shops and any other commercial spaces need specific platforms if they want to offer their customers music without breaking the law.

In the comments, one question arose: what platforms are these? Where do they exist? How to hire them? In the post itself we linked to the site of one of them, Soundtrack Your Brand, but it seems that a much larger player may be wanting to play this game no less than Apple itself.

The evidence for such a move is in the recent trademark registration. “Apple Music for Business”, published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The mark is registered under two "classes" of the organ catalog.

The first of these is 038, which refers to “broadcasting and transmission of music, audio, video or multimedia content by radio, television, internet or satellite for commercial use”. The second is class 041, which covers more generally the production and reproduction of copyrighted content in commercial establishments. As the documents indicate, Apple's registration seems to have been done previously in other countries, such as Jamaica, that is, if Apple is really working on such a platform, it is very likely that its intention is to take it to several as soon as possible. countries.

Of course, the outlook is still uncertain, but launching a special Apple Music for retailers would give Ma a considerable advantage over its biggest competitor: Spotify (as well as all other music services). streaming popular) offers no such option; If Apple can apply such a service to its simplicity and ease of use, hit in hands.

Until Apple announces something to that effect, however, we will be waiting for registration to be just a precaution, without actual plans being rolled over by Cupertino. We'll see.

via AppleInsider