Legal Stuff:

"But I thought it was copyright free!"
Read on....

The Copyright Issue:

All commercially recorded music is controlled by Copyright Law and the use of this music without permission infringes copyright and is a criminal offence. (even so called "copyright free" or "buy-out" music)

To seek clearance on this music can be expensive and time consuming. The media producer will need to approach the owner of the composition and the sound recording.

We have licensed the right to sell all the sound recordings found in our library. Therefore we are in a position to grant you a mechanical (synch) and performance licence to use the music in your productions.

Upon each purchase, you receive an automatic licence allowing you to dub the music onto your productions and use it in a public broadcast. As part of the licence you will also be able to make as many copies of your production as you want, without paying any further fees.

All we ask is that you fill out a Cue Sheet if the production is destined for public broadcast. Most broadcasters will require this document anyway.

To make life easier for you, you can fill in a cue sheet from here, CUE SHEET and We will take care of the rest.

*N.B. You can use the tracks as many times as you want in as many productions of the same category as you want, but.......
If you want to use it in a different category, you must arrange a new mechanical (synch) and performance license. (see rate card)

You can either do it by re-purchasing the track using the relevant category pull-down at the checkout, or by contacting us directly if you have a special situation.

You can see the full User Agreement that you will have to agree to before downloading. from here : User Agreement

Personal / non-commercial / Corporate video / not for public broadcast:

If your production is never going to be broadcast to the public, it might be a corporate training video for example, then none of the above applies and all you will ever have to pay is the one-off download payment.

Web pages / Internet:

This is a complex and fast changing legal environment.
For web pages hosted in the UK, there are various types of licenses for internet broadcast available from the PRS (Performing Rights Society), depending on how you are going to use the music on your site.

We reccomend that you have a look at their guidance notes from here. If in doubt, or have any questions, then you should contact them directly.

In the USA you can see how it works from here. If in doubt, or have any questions, then you should contact them directly.

For other countries you should contact the national PRO (Performing Rights Organization) of your country.

You can see a list of most of the world's PROs from here:
List of PROs (royalty societies) worldwide

Sampling:

You cannot use the tracks for the following:

To create new musical compositions using samples, beats or loops taken from any of our tracks.

To create new sample library collections for commercial sale or use, or in virtual software based instruments.
In other words......."NO SAMPLING!"

However, if you would like to use a sampled loop or beat from one of our tracks in your song or composition, you can obtain a license to do so, without all the expense of specialist "sample clearance" lawyers, directly from us, for a very reasonable fee.

If you would like to see even more detail including common legal terms and definitions, you can see them here:

More detail, definitions and legal terminology

Categories

Legal Stuff:

Personal / non-commercial / Corporate video / not for public broadcast:

Web pages / Internet:

Sampling:

If you would like to see even more detail including common legal terms and definitions, you can see them here: