![]() ![]() ![]() That means you need a credits section in your video, or you need to include credit information in the text that accompanies your video on the video-sharing network (like YouTube) or social network (for example, in the text of your Facebook post). Unless the audio is licensed as CC0, you need to provide attribution. Your best bet is to choose music and audio with either an attribution-only or a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) License. Remember, you’re looking for audio tracks that have been cleared for commercial use in derivative works. 8 Creative Commons music resources for your social media videoĬreative Commons is a system that allows people who develop creative works to make them available to the public for free, so that other people can in turn use them to make their own creative works. Creative Commons is a great place to start your search. If you’re creating videos for your business, you need audio that is cleared for commercial use in derivative works (since using a song in a video is considered derivative under Creative Commons music licensing). ![]() Since the process of approaching a copyright holder to secure a license involves far more work, cost, and specialized skills than are reasonable for most social media videos, your best bet is to stick to using audio tracks that are already licensed for your particular type of use. When can you use someone else’s music or audio?īasically, you can only use someone else’s music or other audio if you have written permission from the copyright holder-otherwise known as a license. If someone else created an audio track, they own it, and you can’t use it without permission. So, if you’ve created an original audio track, you own it.
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