No copyright music: free and legal for your videos
Almost all music is protected by copyright, even when it is free. What matters is whether you may use it. At audiofire you get permission straight from the rights holder: you can download most songs for free as MP3, no sign-up, for your videos on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and your website.
What “no copyright music” really means
Public domain music
In the EU and the US, copyright ends 70 years after the composer’s death; other countries have other terms. Bach, Mozart and Beethoven are free for anyone to use. But that only covers the composition. Every recording has rights of its own. So you cannot simply put a Beethoven symphony from Spotify into your video.
Music from Instagram or TikTok
You can only use the music in these apps inside the app itself, with no file to download. So you cannot simply publish a video with this music on YouTube or your website.
Royalty-free music from the rights holder
That is how audiofire works. All composed and produced in-house – no AI at all. That is why we hold all the rights, and for your own videos we let you use the music for free. The only condition is a credit.
More about the license
Free for your own videos
For your own videos the music is free: on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitch, X and on your own website. Videos for a presentation at school or university are free too. The only condition is the credit “Music: https://audiofire.io” in the video description or in the end credits.
Lifetime license for companies and clients
For videos of your company, association or institution with up to 15 employees and for videos you make for clients of that size, you need the Lifetime license for a one-off €119. It applies to all songs for good, the Premium songs included, and no credit is needed.
How to spot music you may really use
Who holds the rights?
Only download music where the provider says it holds the rights or got them from the creator. Sites that offer chart hits “without copyright” do not have those rights. If in doubt, you are the one who is liable.
What do the terms say?
Look for three things: where may you show the video, do you have to credit the creator, and is advertising allowed? If a site does not answer that clearly, do not use it.
Keep proof
Save where a song comes from and under which terms you downloaded it. With the Lifetime license you get a license PDF with a license number for every song, which anyone can check in the license validator.
To the license validator
Frequently asked questions about no copyright music
Is there music with no copyright at all?
Hardly. Every song is protected from the moment it is created, without any registration. In the EU and the US, music only becomes free 70 years after the composer’s death, and even then every recording has rights of its own. When someone offers “no copyright music”, they usually mean music they let you use for free.
Is the music from audiofire really free?
Yes. For your own videos, you can download and use all songs except the Premium songs as MP3 for free. You pay nothing, not even later. The only condition is a credit in the video description or the end credits.
Will I get a copyright strike on YouTube?
No. Our songs are registered in YouTube’s Content ID system. That is why YouTube recognizes the music and shows in YouTube Studio: “Copyright-protected content found. The owner is allowing the use of their content on YouTube.” This is not a copyright strike and not a warning. Your video stays online, and your channel is not affected. The ad revenue from this video goes to us, though. With the Lifetime license you report the video in your account, we release it, and the revenue goes to you.
May I use short clips of songs without a license?
As a rule, no. There is no fixed limit of a few seconds below which any music would be free. Even short clips of well-known songs need the rights holders’ permission. Music from audiofire, on the other hand, you may use in full length and shorten for your video as much as you like.
Do you have chart hits?
No. All songs on audiofire are our own compositions. You may only use chart hits and songs from Spotify in your videos with permission from the rights holders, and as an individual you usually cannot get it.
Where does the music come from? Is it AI-generated?
No. All our songs are composed, produced and mastered by people. We do not use artificial intelligence for this. That is also why we hold all the rights and can grant them to you directly.
Another advantage: if you also avoid AI in your videos, our music keeps your content completely AI-free. So you don’t have to worry about any additional AI labeling because of our music.