Music on TikTok is not just a feature but an opportunity to promote your creativity. Lil Nas X tried out the TikTok trend and hit the wave of success with his song “Old Town Road.” As a result, the song topped the charts in the US, UK, Canada, Norway, and most other countries. Mainly thanks to this song, the performer has 17 nominations for awards in prestigious contests and charts.
Lil Nas X explains his achievements with a good understanding of Internet trends, including the work of search engines, social networks, and the freshly popular TikTok platform in the United States. This American rapper knows what music for TikTok people are ready to find and download. And he follows their needs.
Nowadays, there are already many cases similar to the one of Lil Nas X, and more are expected soon. The platform has the most convenient conditions for promoting music, especially when it comes to creative novice performers. In this post, we will share with you how to use your music on TikTok and what requirements it should meet.
How to Use Music on TikTok?
You can freely use music on TikTok, but there is one condition that you need to address — make sure that it does not violate anyone’s intellectual property rights and service rules. Any track that does not belong to you will violate the rules of intellectual property. That is, you must be the only owner of it. The song you perform will not necessarily be yours if it was recorded for free using a program that clearly states this in the terms of use.
As a result, you can download any music that belongs to you. If it belongs to someone else, before adding your music to TikTok, make sure that the co-owner does not file a claim or request for removal.
It is not necessary to download sounds or excerpts of songs missing in TikTok: it is easier to use a third-party video editor and add an audio track to the finished, recorded video clip. In addition, a lot of music may be missing due to the reluctance of the performer. Some tracks, even when added by third-party methods, will be disconnected from the video, but it will not disappear by itself.
Here are some other important requirements for using music on TikTok:
- Music must not violate another person’s intellectual property rights. Otherwise, you risk having audio removed from your video or even having your account blocked permanently;
- Adding music does not automatically make you the owner of it. First, you need to get the rights to it; otherwise, it can be used and modified by others for commercial purposes without asking;
- Nobody should apply for your work. You can download an audio track only with the permission of all its owners;
- After downloading a piece of music, you can no longer complain about others for copyright infringement. Through the platform, ownership of these fragments is transferred to users, including for use outside of TikTok;
- You are obliged to notify the label, co-owners and everyone who has the rights to your works about uploading it to the system since legally this is a partial transfer of ownership;
- You have the right to complain and defend your intellectual property rights by mailing [email protected];
- By mistakenly downloading music that violates property rights due to a complaint, you can only be punished, not sued. This frees you from liability offline.
All this should make you think of responsible use of music on TikTok. So do the things right.
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