licensed music
Legally acquired tracks
Licensed music is music used with legal permission from the rights holders, typically through payment of fees or royalties.
The term appears most often in contexts where unlicensed use would be infringement—video productions, podcasts, commercial establishments, video games.
The film's budget included $2 million for licensed music.
Licensing typically covers both the composition and the specific recording separately.
- royaltiesOngoing payments to creators
- streamingReal-time digital delivery
- streaming serviceInternet media delivery platform
- copyrightExclusive reproduction rights
- SpotifyMusic streaming platform
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