Music without copyright

music without copyright

Video editors, youtubers and small audiovisual producers often face a recurring problem when finishing their pieces. Where to get music without copyright?

El excessive growth of piracy and copyright infringement, has led to stricter controls.

To upload a clip to YouTube, the world's leading platform for broadcasting audiovisual materials, you have to be extremely careful about not be infringing the rights of any third party. Even doing things right, eventually the music social network owned by Google can bring unpleasant surprises.

YouTube and Content ID

This is an algorithm that automatically scans all the videos that are hosted on this platform. Its objective is to identify materials that, visually or musically, are infringing copyright.

If system detects any possible violation, will notify both the user suspected of committing the offense, and the victim. From this point on, there are four possible scenarios:

  • Video is not removed, but all sound is blocked. (It ends like a "silent" movie). YouTube offers the offender the ability to select an alternative music track.

This option is especially useful in cases of materials that have already reached a considerable rate of views. The downside is that there is no way to edit anything. Dialogue or sound effects will be completely lost.

  • The video is deleted.
  • The material is kept in its entirety online. However, if it generated any financial gain, 50% of the total would go to the copyright holder.
  • The clip stays in line without any inconvenience.

The users with repeated complaints of copyright infringement, they can be temporarily disabled from uploading new videos. Another applicable penalty is that the duration of the clips must not exceed 15 minutes in length. In extreme cases, the channels can be definitively removed.

Where to get copyright-free music

While it is not the only option, YouTube itself has a very wide range of channels that distribute copyright-free music.

 Some of these users offer their materials with the sole condition of within the video itself, as in the page description tab, you will be awarded the corresponding credit. Others aspire to receive economic gains, while there are also those who do not demand anything in return.

YouTube Channels Free Royalty

Some of the channels with notable libraries of music without copyright are the following:

  • Audio Library: from pianos and electric synthesizers, it offers mostly happy music, far from sad or melancholic sounds. Is about a fairly large archive, with more than a thousand tracks to choose from.

Internally, the channel's music is categorized according to its genre: classic, pop, rock, punk, electronic, etc. Moods or season of the year are other criteria used to create playlists.

  • Music for Creators: offers a much more limited file in terms of extension. However, when it comes to sounds, the variety is much wider. The selection includes jazz, hip hop, dance, reggae, alternative rock, among other genres. 

music for creators

The sounds are elaborated based on guitars (electrical and acoustic) and percussion instruments such as drums, drums, and tambourines. Wind instruments such as trumpets, flutes and clarinets also take part.

  • Vlog No Copyright Music: this is from the channels that require credit for the use of their compositions. This must be visible both in the description of the video (in the case of publications on YouTube), and within the audiovisual material itself.

Music available, built mainly from electric synthesizers, is inspired by nature.

  • No Copyright Sounds: unlike the previous options, this channel offers songs, in the exact sense of the term: "Musical compositions for the human voice, with lyrics ...".

Pop and electronic music, pieces that at times remind Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift.

Soundcloud, the other music social network

This platform was born with the premise of facilitating the massification of the music of emerging artists. Over time its use has diversified, so much so that it is currently used even by news agencies around the world for the dissemination of content.

Most of the music available on Soundcloud is under the Creative Commons license. This modality authorizes the general public to use the respective file, as long as its use is not for commercial purposes.

Many of the files are free from any usage restrictions.

soundcloud

Spanish option

Far from global music emporiums, There is also music without copyright available from platforms in Spain. Such is the case of Digital Scene (locutortv.es).

 The files hosted here can be used no restrictions on non-commercial audiovisual materials. The only condition in return is the insertion of the link of the page where the material is disseminated.

As well they make music available to their users for radio spots or television spots. Telephone exchanges, files and multimedia programs, as well as web and mobile applications, can be set to music with the materials available on this site, through a payment option.

Sample files are categorized within playlists by genre or according to the use for which they are intended.

Jamendo and Bensound: more music without copyright

Jamendo was designed in order to allow artists to host and share their creations for free. and without any kind of restrictions. At the same time, anyone can freely download the available files.

To avoid possible disputes, Jamedo issues certificates of origin for downloaded material, although this option is not free.

Bendound is another music portal where clips can be downloaded for free and without restrictions on use.. All on the condition that the artist, as well as the page itself, receive the respective recognition.

As well offers the possibility of paying for the music to download, which would exempt whoever buys from having to publish the origin of the music.

All of them are good options for downloading music without copyright, without infringing copyright.

Image sources: YouTube


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