

What exactly is royalty-free music? A royalty-free license eliminates the need to negotiate licensing fees with Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) and gives you the right to use copyrighted music any way you like. There are 6 different Creative Commons licenses, each with its own guidelines. However, there are certain restrictions and requirements you need to follow to use it correctly or you’ll be committing copyright infringement. Using music that falls under a Creative Commons license is free. Be sure to search the Public Domain Information Project as well.

Public domain music is music free to use by everyone without permission. However, there are a few cases where a song or piece of music is copyright free: 1.

But what matters most in terms of restrictions placed on that music is how you use it. Spoiler alert: Almost all music is copyrighted. Everybody else needs to get permission, or a license, from the copyright holder to use their song, usually for a fee. A copyrighted piece of music is designed to protect the intellectual property of its creators by giving them and only them exclusive rights to use their work however they want.
