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Create a practical checklist for music usage rights, sync licensing, platform rules, credits and approval evidence.
The Music Licensing Checklist Creator turns four answers — what you are making, where the music came from, which territory you are releasing in and whether the project is monetised — into an itemised clearance list covering synchronisation, master use, mechanical, public performance, interactive and attribution rights, naming who grants each one. It follows the standard two-copyright structure of a released track: the composition sits with the songwriter and publisher, the sound recording sits with the label, and clearing one never clears the other. Every item is marked Stop, Required, Likely required, Worth doing or Not needed here, so you can see what actually blocks release. This is informational only, not legal advice — clearance is contract-heavy and jurisdiction-specific, so take advice before you publish.
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Splits every result into the composition side and the master side, so you never assume one signature cleared both.
Each item says who you have to ask — publisher, label, IPRS, PPL India, Novex, or the composer directly.
An ND-licensed track under picture or an NC track on a monetised channel comes back as a Stop, not a to-do.
Yes, if you are putting a commercially released recording under picture. The sync licence comes from the publisher and covers the composition; the master use licence comes from the label and covers that specific recording. Re-recording the song yourself removes the master negotiation but not the sync one.
No. Creative Commons 4.0 states that where the licensed material is a musical work, performance or sound recording, synching it in timed relation with a moving image always produces Adapted Material — and an ND licence forbids sharing adaptations. You would need a separate direct licence from the creator.
Only after five calendar years have passed from the end of the year in which the song was first recorded, under section 31C of the Copyright Act 1957. Even then the statutory route requires prior notice to the owner, royalties paid in advance for a minimum number of copies, and no alteration to the literary or musical work.
No. Content ID is a claim and revenue-sharing system, not a licence — silence from it is not evidence of clearance, and a claim being released is not a grant of rights. Keep the written licence and the certificate with the project files.