{"id":7288,"date":"2022-05-24T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synchedin.com\/blog\/?p=7288"},"modified":"2022-05-24T15:07:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:07:35","slug":"is-royalty-free-music-copyrighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/is-royalty-free-music-copyrighted\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Royalty Free Music Copyrighted?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We find there&#8217;s often a bit of confusion around this subject, so we&#8217;re clearing it up. Is royalty free music copyrighted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a content creator, you&#8217;re probably familiar with copyright laws and the rules around using others&#8217; intellectual property. If you&#8217;re not, it&#8217;s important you get clued-up, so you don&#8217;t get stung later down the line! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, even if you&#8217;re a seasoned creator who understands copyright, the different types of music licensing might still be a little unclear. It&#8217;s generally well understood that you can&#8217;t just use any song you like in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">YouTube<\/a> video, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/\">Twitch<\/a> stream, for example. If you do want to use a popular song, you have to <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/how-much-does-a-sync-license-cost\/\">pay for it<\/a>. That can get pretty expensive fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Royalty Free<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paying for individual songs will get pricey, which is never great for an independent creator&#8217;s budget. Plenty of creators use <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/royalty-free-music-ultimate-guide\/\">royalty free music<\/a> instead. There are lots of <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/benefits-of-using-royalty-free-assets\/\">benefits to using royalty free<\/a>. It&#8217;s affordable, doesn&#8217;t require you to pay royalties for every use, and is still great quality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can discover heaps of awesome royalty free music on <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/\">RouteNote Licensing<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/discover-music\">catalogue<\/a> is updated daily, with already thousands of tracks from independent artists available to download. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Royalty Free vs Copyright Free<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, where&#8217;s the confusion? Well, there are many <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/royalty-free-meaning\/\">myths<\/a> around royalty free music, one of them being that it&#8217;s copyright free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The word &#8220;free&#8221; often trips people up. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/blog\/copyright-free-royalty-free-what-is-the-difference\/\">differences between royalty free and copyright free<\/a>, in actual fact. You could say that all the best things in life are free. But, everything is free if you steal, and that isn&#8217;t a good look. Stealing isn&#8217;t cool, kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The simple answer to the question, &#8220;is royalty free music copyrighted?&#8221; is <strong>YES<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This type of music is still someone&#8217;s intellectual property and belongs to someone, so is therefore under copyright. That&#8217;s why you still need to pay for it when you use it, but you only need to pay <strong>ONCE<\/strong> to use it <strong>FOREVER<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unlimited Royalty Free Music<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the answer to your question has bummed you out, don&#8217;t fret! Just because royalty free music is copyrighted and not free to take as you please, all the music on RouteNote Licensing is yours to take for a very appealing price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the life of a content creator is pretty changeable, we understand that it&#8217;s important to offer plans to suit everyone. That&#8217;s why you can <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/about-us\/pricing\">subscribe<\/a> for either $4.99 per month, or $49.99 annually. So, whatever your current financial situation, you can still access high quality royalty free music for your content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both subscriptions offer unlimited downloads of the entire music <a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/discover-music\">library<\/a>. That means you&#8217;re guaranteed to find the perfect track for your next project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/licensing.routenote.com\/signup\">Sign up<\/a> to RouteNote Licensing today to start exploring some of the finest royalty free music a creator could wish for!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We find there&#8217;s often a bit of confusion around this subject, so we&#8217;re clearing it up. Is royalty free music copyrighted? As a content creator, you&#8217;re probably familiar with copyright laws and the rules around using others&#8217; intellectual property. 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