Wednesday, March 7, 2018

How to license the music

Production music for professional use in commercials, films, videos, games and other media.

You may purchase a license to use a music track within your production.

1. Web-based license $60 USD 


This license is especially for individuals or companies that produce online videos or online advertisements. The video will only be played on the web only. This license is for videos only, for video games please contact us for another type of license.

Please see the terms and conditions below. This license grants you the limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the music recording in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement. By purchasing a license, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions:

This license grants you the non-exclusive right to use the music recording within ONE video only.

You may use the music recording in a video to which the music recording is synchronized.

The copyright of the underlying musical work and of the music recording remain the property of the music composer and publisher.

You may use the music recording in a video and put the video on Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook and other social media, but the music composer retains ownership of the copyright of the music recording. You may not claim ownership of the music recording (or otherwise make it available) through any content indentification system (such as Youtube's Content ID) and/or registration system, even if the music recording is synchronized with your own video.

When the number of views of your online video is more than 600,000, you will need to come back and purchase an additional license.


Other limitations:

You may not transfer the license to any other party and you may not sub-license the rights you are granted here to any other party.

You may use the music recording in a video but you do not have ownership of the music recording, therefore you may not copy, distribute, sell, lend, give away, broadcast, publicly perform or display, or sub-license the music recording by itself or as your own music. You may not play the music online or in public except solely as embodied within your video. Any unauthorized copying, distribution, reselling, lending, giving away, public performance, broadcasting and downloading of the music recording is strictly prohibited.

The music recording may not be sold or given away as a stand-alone product. For example, you may not sell it or give it away as a music track or put it on a CD or package for sale or give away. Also, we reserve the right of not granting a license if your video has very little visual content.

The recording may not be included in a website template which is offered for sale or give away.

For internet productions, you must make sure that the music is not retrievable, extractable and downloadable in its original form.

You may not create derivative works of the music or cover versions. You may not create your own recording of the underlying musical work. You may not add your own voice, instruments or sound effects to the music to create another version. You may not change, re-arrange, remix, mash up, or sample the music and treat it as your own music.

You may not sell, give away, lend, distribute, broadcast, publicly perform or display, or sub-license any work created based upon the work. And you may not use the music in a video/product that enables an end user to create derivative works of the music. But you may edit the length of the music to suit your needs or use the music as background and add your voice over on top. In this case, you have not created derivative musical works.

You may not claim to be the creator or copyright holder of the underlying music composition, of the music recording, or of any derivative work created based upon the work.

You hereby acknowledge that the music composer is and remains the owner of all the copyrights, publishing rights and all other related rights of the underlying musical work and of the music recording. The music is protected by and subject to copyright laws. This license is non-exclusive and the music composer retains the right to sell licenses of the music recording to any other third parties at his/her sole discretion.

This license grants you the non-exclusive right to use the recording within ONE video only, not for multiple projects or videos.

Commercial television, film, and radio use is not covered under this license, you must get another type of license and cue sheets must be filed.

No refund is possible after you purchase the license. If you violate any of the terms and limitations your license will terminate immediately with no compensation to you. We reserve the right to take legal actions if you violate any of the terms and limitations.

Neither party makes any warranties with respect to the use of the music recording.


If you have any questions or if you are not sure if you may use the music in a certain way, please contact us by email, thank you!

To purchase a Web-based license for a music track, please use this Paypal button:




Please wait for our email after your payment, you will be contacted within 2 business days. We will send you an official music license agreement and the song of your choice.


As we stated in our terms and conditions, you may not create derivative works of the music, however, if you would like to change the music track in some ways to suit particular needs of your project, we may be able to do that for you, (and these can only be done by us, not by a person who is not authorized to make the changes), some service fee might be required. Please contact us by email: kuromidoll@gmail.com


Commercial television, film, and radio use is not covered under this Web-based license, you must get another type of license and cue sheets must be filed. Please contact us by email if you would like a license for these kinds of use, thank you.

If you would like to use the music in some other ways please contact us by email. The price of the license varies depending on how you would like to use it, the size of the audience, and whether it is a revenue generating product.

If you are a Youtube creator and plan to use a lot of music in your Youtube videos, we have another kind of license for you and it will allow you to save more, we will remove the copyright claims for you. Please contact us and let us know your Youtube channel name, thank you. 







2. Non-commercial student film license $50 USD 


This license is especially for student producers who produce non-commercial films, you may submit your film to a film festival or competition. The video will only be played at the film festival only. This license is for non-commercial film only, for commercial film (revenue-generating film) please contact us for another type of license.

Please see the terms and conditions below. This license grants you the limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the music recording in accordance with the terms and conditions of this agreement. By purchasing a license, you agree to be bound by the following terms and conditions:

This license grants you the non-exclusive right to use the music recording within ONE video only.

You may use the music recording in a video to which the music recording is synchronized.

The copyright of the underlying musical work and of the music recording remain the property of the music composer and publisher.

Other limitations:

You may not transfer the license to any other party and you may not sub-license the rights you are granted here to any other party.

You may use the music recording in a video but you do not have ownership of the music recording, therefore you may not copy, distribute, sell, lend, give away, broadcast, publicly perform or display, or sub-license the music recording by itself or as your own music. You may not play the music online or in public even if solely as embodied within your video. (Please get our Web-based license as well if you would like to share your video online.) Any unauthorized copying, distribution, reselling, lending, giving away, public performance, broadcasting and downloading of the music recording is strictly prohibited.

The music recording may not be sold or given away as a stand-alone product. For example, you may not sell it or give it away as a music track or put it on a CD or package for sale or give away. Also, we reserve the right of not granting a license if your video has very little visual content.

The recording may not be included in a website template which is offered for sale or give away.

You may not create derivative works of the music or cover versions. You may not create your own recording of the underlying musical work. You may not add your own voice, instruments or sound effects to the music to create another version. You may not change, re-arrange, remix, mash up, or sample the music and treat it as your own music.

You may not sell, give away, lend, distribute, broadcast, publicly perform or display, or sub-license any work created based upon the work. And you may not use the music in a video/product that enables an end user to create derivative works of the music. But you may edit the length of the music to suit your needs or use the music as background and add your voice over on top. In this case, you have not created derivative musical works.

You may not claim to be the creator or copyright holder of the underlying music composition, of the music recording, or of any derivative work created based upon the work.

You hereby acknowledge that the music composer is and remains the owner of all the copyrights, publishing rights and all other related rights of the underlying musical work and of the music recording. The music is protected by and subject to copyright laws. This license is non-exclusive and the music composer retains the right to sell licenses of the music recording to any other third parties at his/her sole discretion.

This license grants you the non-exclusive right to use the recording within ONE video only, not for multiple projects or videos.

Commercial television, film, and radio use is not covered under this license, you must get another type of license and cue sheets must be filed.

No refund is possible after you purchase the license. If you violate any of the terms and limitations your license will terminate immediately with no compensation to you. We reserve the right to take legal actions if you violate any of the terms and limitations.


Neither party makes any warranties with respect to the use of the music recording.


If you have any questions or if you are not sure if you may use the music in a certain way, please contact us by email, thank you!

To purchase a non-commercial student film license for a music track, please use this Paypal button: $50 USD




To purchase a non-commercial student film license + Web-based license for a music track, please use this Paypal button: $80 USD



Please wait for our email after your payment, you will be contacted within 2 business days. We will send you an official music license agreement and the song of your choice.