1. Overview
This Licensing Policy explains how music and audio files downloaded from SyncStudio may be used.
All tracks made available through SyncStudio are licensed, not sold. This means you are granted permission to use a track under the scope of the plan or licence attached to your account, but you do not acquire ownership of the track, its copyright, master rights, composition rights, or any related intellectual property. This policy should be read together with our Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, Copyright Policy, and any custom agreement issued for Enterprise users.
2. What “royalty-free” means on SyncStudio
On SyncStudio, “royalty-free” means that once a track has been properly licensed under an eligible plan, you may use it within the scope of that licence without paying an additional licence fee each time you use it in an approved project.
“Royalty-free” does not mean the music is free, public domain, copyright-free, or available for unrestricted use. All rights remain with the original rights holder or authorised licensor unless expressly stated otherwise.
3. Who this policy applies to
This policy applies to all users who access, download, stream, license, or otherwise use music or audio files through SyncStudio, including free users, paid subscribers, one-off licensees, agencies, production teams, and Enterprise clients.
4. Nature of the licence
Unless a custom agreement states otherwise, every licence granted through SyncStudio is:
- non-exclusive
- limited to the scope of the selected plan
- non-transferable
- non-sublicensable except where expressly allowed
- revocable if this policy or our Terms are breached
You may only use a track as part of a permitted end project. You may not claim ownership of any track, register it as your own, or make it available to others outside the scope of your licence.
5. Licence tiers
a) Starter Licence
The Starter Licence is intended for entry-level exposure, hobbyists, student work, and personal projects.
Under this licence, you may use approved SyncStudio tracks for personal, non-commercial projects only. Downloads are limited to the file formats made available on this plan, and attribution is required where stated.
The Starter Licence does not permit commercial use, client work, branded content, paid advertising, monetised content, film, television, apps, games, public event use, or distribution on behalf of a business.
a) Creator Licence
The Creator Licence is intended for individual creators, freelancers, podcasts, YouTube channels, and small commercial projects.
Under this licence, you may use approved tracks in content such as online videos, podcasts, websites, social content, and limited commercial or promotional projects, subject to the download limits and file access included in your plan.
This licence applies to a single user account and may not be shared across teams or organisations. It does not cover broadcast, large-scale paid media, apps, games, platform resale, white-label use, or use on behalf of multiple brands unless specifically authorised.
c) Performer Licence
broader commercial usage.
Under this licence, you may use approved tracks in a wider range of commercial content, event-related productions, promotional media, and eligible performance-based use cases. Where stems are supplied, those may be used only as part of the licensed production workflow and not redistributed separately.
Any live performance, venue-based use, public playback, streaming, event broadcast, or platform-specific use remains subject to applicable local laws, venue requirements, platform rules, and any third-party rights obligations. This licence does not automatically grant blanket rights for every territory, broadcaster, collection society framework, or public performance environment.
d) Enterprise Licence
The Enterprise Licence is intended for agencies, production companies, studios, teams, corporate groups, larger campaigns, apps, games, film, broadcast, and other high-volume or high-risk use cases.
Enterprise access is governed by a custom agreement or approved written scope. That agreement will define the permitted users, media, territories, term, project types, distribution channels, and any special rights granted.
Where there is any conflict between this Licensing Policy and an Enterprise agreement, the Enterprise agreement will apply.
6. Permitted use
Where your selected licence allows it, you may use a track as synchronised audio within an end project such as a video, podcast, social post, digital campaign, website, presentation, event visual, or other approved media format.
Permitted use is always subject to:
- your plan being valid at the time of download or licensing
- the intended use falling within the scope of that plan
- compliance with any platform or channel-specific restrictions
- compliance with any attribution requirement on your plan
- compliance with all applicable laws and third-party rules
7. Prohibited use
Unless expressly authorised in writing, you may not:
- resell, redistribute, share, transfer, gift, or sub-license a track as a standalone file
- upload, release, or exploit a track in a way that makes the audio file itself the primary value of the product
- use SyncStudio music to create a competing music catalogue, sample pack, stock library, playlist product, or audio distribution service
- claim ownership of a track or any derivative based on it
- register a track, or a project containing the track, in any content ownership, fingerprinting, or rights management system such as Content ID, Rights Manager, or similar systems unless expressly authorised by SyncStudio in writing
- use tracks in unlawful, defamatory, hateful, deceptive, pornographic, or infringing material
- use a track in logos, trademarks, sonic branding, or audio marks without written approval
- allow multiple users to access a single-user plan
- use a track outside the scope of the licence attached to your plan
Restrictions on standalone redistribution and rights-registration systems are common across established licensing platforms, especially to prevent customers from blocking other licensed users from lawful use of the same track.
8. Attribution
If your plan requires attribution, you must include a visible and reasonable credit wherever the project format allows.
Recommended format:
Track: [Track Title]
Artist: [Artist Name]
Licensed via: SyncStudio
If a platform or medium does not allow practical attribution, you must upgrade to a licence tier that does not require it, where available.
9. Subscription term and ongoing use
Your licence rights are tied to the plan under which the track was downloaded or licensed.
Where a track is downloaded and used in a project during an active paid licence term, that original project may remain licensed for that original use after cancellation, provided the use was valid at the time of publication and continues to comply with the plan scope.
However, once your subscription ends, you may not create new projects, publish new uses, or expand an existing project into new media, territories, formats, channels, or campaigns unless you hold an active licence that covers that new use. This type of “active term for new uses, continuing cover for existing published uses” model is commonly used by subscription music platforms.
10. Licence certificates and proof of cover
SyncStudio may issue a licence confirmation, invoice, certificate, order record, or download history as proof of licensing. You are responsible for keeping your own records of downloads and licensed uses.
Where a platform, client, distributor, or rights query requires verification, you may be asked to provide proof that the track was downloaded under a valid account and used within an eligible licence scope. Platforms such as YouTube use automated copyright detection systems, and licence documentation is commonly used to support disputes or clearance checks.
11. Content claims and platform disputes
SyncStudio does not guarantee that third-party platforms will never generate automated copyright checks, claims, flags, or disputes. Automated systems may identify copyrighted audio even where the user has a valid licence.
Where you have valid proof of licence and your use falls within the permitted scope, you may contact SyncStudio for support in reviewing the claim process.
12. Artist and rights-holder protection
SyncStudio only licenses music that it is authorised to make available through the platform. Users must not do anything that interferes with the rights of artists, rights holders, licensors, or other valid licensees.
Any misuse of tracks, false ownership claims, unauthorised redistribution, or misuse of platform rights systems may result in account suspension, licence revocation, takedown requests, or legal action.
13. Breach of this policy
If you use a track outside the scope of your licence, your permission to use that track may be suspended or terminated immediately. SyncStudio reserves the right to remove access, refuse future licensing, request takedowns, or pursue any remedy available under law or contract.
Termination of your account does not erase liability for uses made in breach of this policy.
14. Changes to this policy
We may update this Licensing Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, catalogue structure, pricing, rights model, legal obligations, or licensing framework. The latest version published on our website will apply from the date it is posted, unless a separate written agreement states otherwise.
15. Contact
For licensing questions, Enterprise use, rights clearance queries, or plan-specific guidance, please contact:
info@syncstudio.com
or use the contact form on our website.