License Terms

Every track on Vicate Music is composed and curated by a working composer. When you download or license a track from the library, you get the right to use that music in your content — you never buy the music itself. Vicate Music keeps full ownership and copyright of all library tracks at all times.

Music written for you works differently: it is yours to use without limits, and it is never licensed to anyone else. See section 4.

Choose the license that matches how you’ll use the music.

At a glance

Definitions

• Track — a single piece of music as offered on Vicate Music, including its available versions, loops and stems.
• Library track — a track published in the public catalogue at vicatemusic.com, licensed to anyone who buys a license for it.
• Commissioned music — a track written for you by the composer, to your brief. Covered by section 4.
• Adaptation — a new version of a library track made for you: a different length, an alternative arrangement, a mix without certain instruments, or the stems on their own. Covered by section 5.
• Project — one single end production: one video, one episode, one podcast, one website, one ad. Using a track in a different production counts as a separate project.
• Online use — distribution on internet platforms you own or post to: YouTube, Vimeo, social media, your website, podcasts, online courses, online presentations and online client deliverables.
• Monetized content — content that earns money or promotes a business: ad‑enabled videos, sponsored posts, brand or business channels, paid client work, advertising.
• Content ID — YouTube’s automatic rights system. Vicate library tracks are registered in it, so YouTube detects them automatically.

1. Personal Use — Free

For personal, non‑commercial projects only.

You can:

• Use the track in personal, non‑monetized content — personal videos, hobby and student projects, non‑commercial social posts, demos and tests.
• Edit, trim and loop the track to fit your project.
• Use it worldwide, with no time limit, for that personal use.

You must give credit. Wherever the track is used, include a credit and a link to the site:

Vicate — [Track Name] · vicatemusic.com

Put it in your video description, post caption or project credits.

You can’t:

• Use the track in any commercial, monetized, branded or paid project.
• Use it in advertising, client work, or anything that earns money.
• Resell, redistribute or share the audio file as a standalone file.
• Claim the music as your own or register it in any rights or Content ID system.

Content ID notice: This track is registered in YouTube Content ID. If you use it in monetized content, an automatic claim may appear on your video. This isn’t a copyright strike and doesn’t put your channel at risk — it simply flags that the music is licensed. To monetize cleanly and remove the claim, purchase the Commercial Online license.

2. Commercial Online — €29

For one commercial project published online. One license covers one track in one project.

You can:

• Use the track in one online project — a video, ad, podcast, social post, website, online course or presentation.
• Use it in monetized content (e.g. a monetized YouTube video), in online advertising (paid social and web ads), and in work you produce for a client.
• Edit, trim, loop and mix the track to fit that project.
• Use it worldwide, with no time limit, for that one project.

No credit required — a mention of Vicate Music is always welcome, but not mandatory.

You can’t:

• Reuse the same license for a second project. Each new project needs its own license.
• Use the track in broadcast (TV or radio), cinema or theatrical release, apps, games or software, or in any product made for resale — these require an Extended license.
• Resell or redistribute the audio file as a standalone file, or claim authorship.

Content ID clearance: Your purchase comes with a license certificate. If a Content ID claim appears on your video, you can release it yourself by submitting the certificate and its license ID through YouTube’s claim‑dispute form. If that doesn’t resolve it, send us your video URL and license ID and we’ll clear the claim for you.

3. Extended Use — Custom

For a library track used beyond a single online project. Custom scope, custom price.

Choose Extended when you need:

• Broadcast — TV or radio.
• Cinema, theatrical or festival distribution.
• Large‑scale advertising campaigns or media buyouts.
• Apps, games, software or other products.
• Multiple projects, multi‑platform rollouts, or a full buyout.
• Use by a large brand, or anything the licenses above don’t cover.

What you get:

• A license written for your exact use, territory and term.
• Optional extras: exclusivity, stems, and adaptation of the track to your project.
• Full Content ID clearance across all your placements.

How it works: Send a short brief — the track, where it’ll be used, audience and scale, and your timeline — and you’ll get a quote.

4. Music written for you

For music the composer writes to your brief. Priced per project — see Custom Music.

This is not a library license. A commissioned track is written for one client, and the terms reflect that.

You can:

• Use the track in any number of projects, for as long as you like, anywhere in the world — this film and every one after it.
• Use it in any medium: online, broadcast, cinema, advertising, apps, games, installations, events.
• Use it in monetized content and in work you produce for your own clients.
• Edit, trim, loop, re‑mix and re‑cut it however your projects need.

It is exclusive to you. The track is never licensed to anyone else and is not added to the public catalogue or to any music library — that is the default for commissioned work, not a paid extra.

What you receive: the finished track as WAV and MP3, the stems, and a license certificate with a unique license ID.

How the work runs:

• Two rounds of revisions are included. Further changes are quoted before any work starts.
• Payment is 50% before the work starts and 50% on delivery.
• Every brief is answered by the composer within one working day.

You can’t:

• Resell or redistribute the music as music — that is, as a standalone audio file, a sample pack, a music library item or stock content. Everything you make with it is yours; the track itself isn’t a product you can sell on.
• Register the track, or content containing it, in Content ID or any other rights‑management system as your own work.

Ownership and credit: copyright in the music stays with the composer, who may name the project in a portfolio or showreel unless you ask otherwise in writing. Transfer of copyright itself is possible, but it is a separate agreement and a separate price — ask.

Content ID: a commissioned track is not registered in Content ID by default, so your uses are never claimed. If you’d rather have it registered so that nobody else can use it, that’s arranged with the composer, and your own channels are cleared first.

5. Adaptations of library tracks

An adaptation is a new version of an existing library track — a different length, an alternative arrangement, a mix without vocals or drums, or the stems on their own. Priced per job — see Custom Music.

• Your version is made for you and isn’t given to anyone else.
• The original track stays in the library and continues to be licensed to others — an adaptation changes the version, not the catalogue.
• You still need a license for the use itself: Commercial Online for one online project, or Extended for anything beyond it. The adaptation fee covers the work, the license covers the use.

General terms (all licenses)

• All library music remains the property of Vicate Music. You receive a license to use it, not ownership of it. Commissioned music is covered by section 4.
• Library licenses are non‑exclusive — the same track may be licensed to others. Commissioned music is always exclusive to the client it was written for.
• A license is granted to you (or to the single project you produce, including client projects) and can’t be resold or transferred on its own.
• You may not use the music in unlawful, hateful, defamatory or pornographic content.
• You may not register any Vicate track, or content containing it, with any Content ID or rights‑management system as your own.
• Each purchase is issued a license certificate with a unique license ID — keep it as proof of your rights.
• Vicate Music is not responsible for how the music is used within your project.

Version history

• 1.1 — 18.08.2026. Added section 4 (music written for you: unlimited projects, all media, exclusive by default) and section 5 (adaptations). Clarified that non‑exclusivity applies to library tracks only. Licenses issued before this date keep the version recorded on their certificate.
• 1.0 — 01.07.2026. First published version.

Contact

Questions about these terms: hello@vicatemusic.com