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Many songs that people think are copyright-free are still under copyright.

While many of these older compositions have entered the public domain, a sizeable number of them have not. It’s important to do due research before assuming a lack of copyright.

A large portion of these compositions are copyright-free. Not all of it is, however. This is the reason so many videos use classical music for their background audio. Their works have survived, but they died with no legal estate to claim copyright, making them copyright-free works by default. A large portion of it is made up of the works of classical composers. Most copyright-free music tends to be by deceased composers. Contrast this with popular music, where studios licensing a song typically pay royalties in addition to the initial purchase. You still have to pay for the rights to use it, and using it without permission can still get your video taken down.Īll royalty-free music means is that once you have purchased the rights to use the music, you do not have to continue to make payments on it. Much of it is written by request, and paid for upon completion.īear in mind, however, that royalty-free music is not the same as free music. Not all royalty-free music is stock music though. Premade music is often referred to as stock music, because it is being sold to you already written and recorded. These tracks can often be purchased for as little as a few dollars per track. Often, music producers or composers will make music and sell it themselves as royalty-free music. Most royalty-free music is made with this purpose in mind. However, the costs to do so are extremely high, far beyond the budget of most YouTube content creators. Technically, you can do this with popular music as well. Usually, this is done by purchasing the rights to use the music for your own purposes. Royalty-free music is music that you can legally use without violating copyright laws.