1. The Premium License provides you, as the licensee, with a continuous, non-exclusive, global license to use the selected music composition (Track) for commercial purposes. The terms outlined here are compulsory, and the Licensing FAQs constitute a fundamental element of this licensing agreement.
2. You are granted a license to use the Track for the following purpose (Allowed Use) within multiple applications (meaning multiple products or projects):
- You can synchronize the Track with a visual or audio work to produce a final product (End Product) that combines the Track with additional elements, resulting in a creation that is broader in scale and distinct in character from the Track itself. Examples of final products for broadcasting and filmmaking include films released in theaters, advertisements on TV and radio, and television series.
Broadcast meaning: (a) Traditional TV and radio broadcasts, including but not limited to terrestrial, cable, and satellite channels, as well as traditional broadcast radio; or (b) Digital alternatives to classic TV and radio broadcasting, for example, mobile television services, IPTV which encompasses streaming TV and video-on-demand, and internet-based streaming radio.
3. The license grants you the rights to use the Track in various ways, including public performance, display, distribution, and unlimited reproduction. You are allowed to produce as many copies as you want, whether in digital or physical format, of the Broadcast End Product. There are no restrictions on the size of the Broadcast audience, and its use in films released in theaters is also permitted. Please refer to the later sections of this license agreement for details on what is not considered Allowed Uses.
Each of our music licenses is a “multiple application” license, intended for multiple products, uses, or projects. For more detailed information, continue reading or consult the FAQs.
4. Public performance rights for P.R.O. registered tracks are not included under this license. Please see clause 13 for additional information.
Here’s more you can do with the Track
5. The license permits you to produce and distribute as many copies of the End Product as you wish across various forms of media and make it accessible to a limitless online audience.
For instance, if your personal video on a video-sharing website receives over a million views, there’s no need to worry; your usage is still protected under this license.
6. You have the ability to craft multiple End Products for a client and pass on those specific End Products to them. When you do so, the license’s rights are also transferred to your client.
7. You’re free to alter or edit the Track or integrate it with other content to suit the needs of your End Product. Any derivative work created from the Track falls under the same license conditions. The original Track cannot be claimed as your own property, whether unaltered or modified per this term. All the activities permitted by this term are contingent upon the end use being an Allowed Use as detailed in clause 2.
For example, it’s permissible for you to cut, loop, or extend a music track for your project. However, creating a remix of a music track and asserting it or registering it as your original song is not allowed. Ownership rights in the Track are further explained in clause 17.
8. This license is for multiple applications. Thus, it also permits you to create and distribute allowable variations of an End Product across various platforms, as outlined in the FAQs.
Permitted variations include shortened versions of an advertisement or distributing a film or TV series on DVD.
What you cannot do with the Track
9. The redistribution of the Track, whether as a music piece, stock track, within a tool or template, or alongside its source files, is strictly prohibited. This ban also extends to distributing the Track alone or combined with other tracks (like in an audio compilation), regardless of any alterations made to the Track. Redistribution of the Track in its original form or after minor changes is not allowed, even if it’s done free of charge.
For instance, altering a music track and distributing it on a CD, integrating lyrics into a music track to sell it as a new song on iTunes, or using a music track for your online radio all fall under prohibited actions.
10. The Track cannot be utilized in platforms that enable users to craft a digital or physical good to their unique specifications, including “on demand,” “made to order,” or “build it yourself” services.
Specific scenarios necessitating this “single application” license include services like online video or animation rendering, “create your own website” tools, photo slideshow creations, and e-card makers.
11. Allowing end users to extract the Track for separate use from an End Product is forbidden.
12. Moreover, claiming trademark or service mark rights over the Track within an End Product is not permitted.
More license terms
13. All Musical Wanderings Tracks are registered through a Performance Rights Organization (P.R.O.), namely BMI. In the event you plan to utilize the P.R.O. music Track in an End Product that will be publicly performed or broadcasted, you might be required to secure further performance rights from the P.R.O., which could lead to the incurring of extra fees that are charged by the P.R.O. This license does not include any exemption from paying P.R.O. fees. However, you or your client aren’t the ones who handle these royalties. It’s actually the broadcasting network, whether it’s TV, radio, or social media platforms, that takes care of them.
If you’re curious about performing rights or wondering when additional fees from P.R.O.s might apply, our FAQs have all the details you need in a user-friendly format.
14. You’re encouraged to use the Track only for purposes that are legal. Please avoid using the Track in any way that could be seen as defamatory, obscene, demeaning, or in connection with sensitive topics.
For clarity on what constitutes sensitive topics, please visit our FAQs.
15. It’s important not to use the Track in a manner that breaches any export laws applicable to you.
16. If this license is violated and the issue isn’t corrected, the license may be terminated. In this event, you must cease all permitted uses of the Track, which includes stopping any distribution of an End Product containing the Track until the Track has been removed from it.
17. Ownership of the Track remains with Musical Wanderings, though you are granted a license to use the Track under these terms. This means you cannot claim ownership of the Track, even with modifications as outlined in clause 7, such as altering the Track and claiming it through content identification systems.
For instance, if you integrate a music track into your video, you are not allowed to claim rights over that music, like by using “ContentID” or any similar system on the music within your video.
Effective Date: 8 August 2024
