What are the different licenses?

You can purchase most of the music in the music supply with different licenses / price points. We do that so that our tunes can be accessible to folks with any budget. Generally speaking, the higher the cost of a license, the more you can do with the music. Please note that ALL licenses do require attribution – a link back to this website is required. Here’s more details…

Indie
For podcasters, indie film makers, non-sponsored Youtubers, etc.

  • Chop up, remix, tweak and use audio creatively
  • Distribute to a global audience (restricted to online only)
  • Never pay royalties
  • Use in for-profit, commissioned or sponsored projects
  • Distribute project offline (e.g. film festivals, DVDs, etc.)
  • Redistribute, sublicense or share licensed materials

The indie license allows you to use material in non-commercial (e.g. you are not being paid by a client & you are not using it to sell anything) contexts.

Digital
For digital design/film production studios, freelance creatives, etc.

  • Chop up, remix, tweak and use audio creatively
  • Distribute to a global audience (restricted to online only)
  • Never pay royalties
  • Use in for-profit, commissioned or sponsored projects (if annual revenue of sponsor/client is under $10 million USD)
  • Distribute project offline (e.g. film festivals, DVDs, etc.)
  • Redistribute, sublicense or share licensed materials

Includes the same rights as “Indie” but also allows you to use the material in most commercial use cases (e.g. for client work, in advertising, etc.) in the digital realm but NOT broadcast media.

Broadcast
For broadcast television/radio producers, design/film production studios, etc.

  • Chop up, remix, tweak and use audio creatively
  • Distribute to a global audience (restricted to online only)
  • Never pay royalties
  • Use in any for-profit, commissioned or sponsored projects
  • Distribute project offline (e.g. film festivals, DVDs, etc.)
  • Redistribute, sublicense or share licensed materials

Includes the same rights as Digital but also allows you to use the material in traditional broadcast media (e.g. TV/radio broadcast, broadcast advertising and online equivalents).

If you are interested in purchasing a download exclusively, I do offer an additional license for this. Email me to discuss purchasing an Exclusive License and I will remove that item from our marketplace so that no one else can purchase it. This is a good license if you are someone who wants to use a piece of music as your theme song for example. Of course, we can NOT retroactively ‘take back’ that music from anyone who has previously purchased a non-exclusive license, so please be aware of this – but by purchasing an exclusive license, you are limiting any future downloads of the material. This license is a good choice for anyone who wants to use material as exclusively as possible.

Regardless of which license you purchase…

  • You can not resell our material.
  • You can not claim authorship of our material.
  • All licenses (including that of our freebies) include attribution. We are really happy to have you put our music to good use – but we’re even happier when you credit us with a shout-out or a link-back!
  • At present, Sounds Like An Earful is not licensing it’s intellectual property based on geography. All licenses are currently ‘global’. We reserve the right to change this in practice without prior notice in the future.
  • Your licensing needs can change. We understand that. If you have purchased one license and need to upgrade to a license that gives you more rights – shoot us an email. We’ll be happy to pro-rate your upgrade so that the money you’ve already spent goes towards your new license.