Yes, you will need permission to play CDs, records, tapes, MP3s and internet streams in your establishment. With limited exceptions, permission is often needed for the public performance of music through radio and television. Permission for radio and television transmissions in your business may not be needed if the performance is by means of public communication of TV or radio transmissions by food service or drinking establishments under 3,750 gross square feet or other non food service or drinking establishments under 2,000 gross square feet which use a limited number of speakers or TVs, and if the reception is not further transmitted (for example, from one room to another) from the place in which it is received, and there is no admission charge. Businesses should consult United States Copyright Law to see if an exemption applies.