licensing costs
Rights acquisition expenses
Licensing costs are fees paid to use something owned by someone else—software, intellectual property, brand names, or patented technology.
Companies budget for licensing costs when they need access to proprietary systems or content: The licensing costs for enterprise software exceeded our IT budget.
These costs may be one-time purchases or recurring payments.
- subscription feesRecurring payments for continued service
- copyright royaltiesPayments for using protected works
- music royaltiesPayments to artists for use
- royalty paymentsCompensation for intellectual property use
- streaming rightsAuthorization to broadcast digitally
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- royaltiesmusic royalties, streaming royalties, artist royalties, royalty payments, oil royalties
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Single payment acquisition
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Publicly accessible code
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