What does royalty free mean? This is a question you have to ask yourself if you find music that you want to use that is labeled as a royalty-free product.
Generally, when acquiring royalty-free products you will get a high quality version of the product for a specific price. At times, you can get royalty-free music for free, but there can still be conditions that apply to its use. No matter what the situation is, the person or company that distributes the royalty-free music retains the rights.
When you obtain royalty-free music you're paying for the rights to use the item, but you must follow the terms that are labeled in the licensing agreement of the product. These are the guidelines the person or company who owns the rights to the product have laid out for your use. They are legally binding but the restrictions they contain vary from site to site. Typically, you need to change them (by adding your own voice or pictures for example) and not sell them on without alteration.
Royalty-free products differ from public domain products, because public domain products such as songs, pictures or whatever it is you're working with, do not have rightful owners or copyrights.
Public domain products don't have rightful owners or copyright restrictions. When using royalty-free products though, you need to follow all guidelines that are set out by the copyright owners.
After acquiring royalty-free music, you can generally use the music an unlimited amount of times for different purposes without paying additional money. If you want to find out the terms of a particular product, reading the licensing specifications will inform you what restrictions apply.
These types of products can be a great alternative to licensing agreements. This is due to the fact that with licensing agreements, you usually have to pay for every single use of the product. With royalty-free products, you generally just have to pay a one-time fee to use the music any way you want as many times as you want to.
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