Using a social media platform’s audio library
Type of use
Adding music from a social media platform’s audio library. For example, adding music directly through available tracks within an app such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat, or Pinterest.
Please note: If you are using music for commercial or non-personal purposes—for instance, if the use directly or indirectly benefits an organization, product, service, or cause through marketing, monetization, sales, promotion, advertising, or any other activity—please refer to the following sections:
Please note: If you are using editing software to synchronize music with images, please refer to this section:
What To Do
- If you are using music from a social media platform’s audio library for personal purposes and do not use the content for commercial, promotional, or cause-related ends, no further action is required on your part.
Clarifications and cautionary statement
Agreements between social media platforms and rights holders permit personal use only. You must therefore obtain permission from the rights holders for any commercial, promotional, or cause-related use. However, some social media platforms may offer royalty-free tracks that permit broader use.
Related uses
- - Using music for a commercial product or service
- - Using music for a cause, political message, etc.
- - Using existing piece of music, with or without sound recordings
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