Music Licensing FAQ for Creators, Brands, and Production Teams

No. Nanashino-chan music is original, copyrighted, and rights-managed. It is not public-domain music and is not available for unrestricted copying, resale, redistribution, ownership claims, or AI training.

The music may be used only through applicable platform rules, direct permission, or the appropriate Nanashino-chan license.

Using a released recording can involve both the musical composition and the specific master recording. For eligible Nanashino-chan tracks, both rights are directly managed by Nanashino-chan and can be reviewed through one licensing contact.

The exact rights granted are defined by the purchased license or custom agreement.

The Personal License is for limited, non-commercial uses expressly stated in the product terms. It does not cover a company, brand, client, sponsored project, paid promotion, advertising campaign, redistribution, resale, or ownership registration.

If a personal project involves publishing an audiovisual work with the music embedded in the exported file, check the exact Personal License terms or contact Nanashino-chan before use.

The Commercial License applies when a company or brand selects a Nanashino-chan track from an official social-platform music library and uses it for its own promotional, branded, corporate, or product-related post.

It also applies to approved audio-focused online content such as podcasts. It does not cover downloading the audio and embedding it directly into an externally edited video, commercial, or other audiovisual master. That use requires a Sync License.

The Sync License is required when a Nanashino-chan recording is downloaded or supplied and then embedded directly into a video, commercial, branded production, product video, animation, trailer, or other audiovisual work.

Cutting, looping, fading, shortening, importing the track into editing software, mixing it under dialogue, and exporting it as part of the finished audiovisual file are treated as sync use.

A Custom License is used when the standard Personal, Commercial, or Sync terms do not match the project. Examples include television, broadcast-scale distribution, theatrical use, apps, games, SaaS products, templates, multi-client systems, repeated automated generation, or other product-level integration.

The purchased license agreement, product terms, invoice, and any written custom agreement control the permitted use. This FAQ is a general guide and does not expand the rights granted by a specific license.

Yes, when the track is available through the official platform music library, the platform permits the intended use, and the company has the appropriate Commercial License from Nanashino-chan.

The Commercial License does not override platform restrictions relating to business accounts, advertising tools, territory, account type, or music availability.

Official in-app availability does not by itself prove that every business, branded, sponsored, or advertising use is covered. Confirm both the platform rules and the Nanashino-chan Commercial License conditions.

If the music is downloaded and embedded into an externally edited video instead of being selected as platform-native audio, use the Sync License route.

If the advertisement uses an official platform music library and that platform permits the track to be used in the relevant advertising format, the Commercial License route may apply.

If the ad video is created in external editing software and the recording is embedded into the exported video file, a Sync License is required. Ad whitelisting, multiple advertiser accounts, and unusually large campaigns may require an add-on or custom agreement.

Yes, but the correct route depends on the format. Platform-native audio selected through an official feature is different from a long-form or short-form video that contains an embedded music file.

If the recording is embedded into the rendered YouTube video, review the Sync License. If the use is business-related, sponsored, promotional, or made for a client, do not rely on personal-use conditions.

Related: Can I Use Music on YouTube?

Monetization may be possible when the video use is covered by the applicable license and follows YouTube's rules. A license does not guarantee channel approval, monetization, ad revenue, reach, visibility, or platform behavior.

A monetized video containing an embedded recording should be reviewed as audiovisual sync use, unless the purchased terms expressly state otherwise.

Yes. Automated matching systems may detect copyrighted audio even when the user has permission. A valid license does not prevent technical detection by itself.

Keep the license, receipt, track title, project name, publication URL, and claimant information. These records help determine whether the use is covered and whether further action is appropriate.

Related: YouTube Content ID Guide

First, confirm the track, claimant, affected video, and whether your actual use matches the purchased license. A Content ID claim is not automatically a copyright strike.

If you hold a valid Nanashino-chan license and believe the claim is incorrect, contact Nanashino-chan with:

• the video or content URL;
• the track title;
• the claimant name and claim screenshot;
• your purchase receipt or transaction reference;
• the license type and project details.

Contact Nanashino-chan

Yes. Approved podcast and audio-focused online use is handled through the Commercial License rather than the audiovisual Sync License.

The license must match the podcast, account, distribution, sponsorship status, number of episodes, term, and any advertising or client involvement. Providing the music as a separate downloadable asset is not allowed.

No. A separate license may not be required when the intended use is fully covered by the applicable YouTube Audio Library terms. Check the conditions attached to the individual track and the intended platform use.

A direct license may be more appropriate when a brand, client, advertising campaign, defined territory, external platform, or documented rights package is involved.

When the recording is imported into video-editing software and becomes part of the exported audiovisual work, a Sync License is required. This includes cutting, looping, fading, shortening, mixing under narration, and aligning the music with visual scenes.

Remixing, creating derivative music, or materially altering the composition may require separate written permission beyond an ordinary Sync License.

If the track is selected as official platform-library audio and the platform permits the business use, the Commercial License route may apply.

If the recording is embedded into an edited and exported video, commercial, product film, sponsored production, or client deliverable, a Sync License is required.

Yes. Corporate videos, product demonstrations, recruitment films, training videos, landing-page videos, event films, and brand stories that contain embedded music require a Sync License or custom agreement.

If the company only selects the track through an approved social-platform music library for a platform-native post, review the Commercial License instead.

Yes, but the license must identify or appropriately cover the licensee, client, project, publishing accounts, platforms, term, and distribution. A personal license cannot be transferred to a client or used as a general agency music library.

Client video production containing embedded music normally requires a Sync License or custom agreement.

Yes, subject to a Sync License or custom agreement. The correct scope depends on the project type, media, territory, term, campaign scale, audience, distribution, and whether the use is online-only or extends to broadcast, theatrical, festival, or other channels.

No, not automatically. Television programs, television commercials, broadcast simulcasts, and similar broadcast-scale uses require prior consultation and a written custom agreement before use.

Provide the program or campaign name, broadcaster, territory, term, number of broadcasts, online catch-up use, paid media scope, and expected launch date when contacting Nanashino-chan.

Yes. If the recording is embedded into the completed AI-generated video, AI-avatar video, AI advertisement, or AI marketing video, use the Sync License route.

The Sync License covers the permitted audiovisual use of the music; it does not grant permission to use the music as AI training data.

No. Standard Personal, Commercial, and Sync Licenses do not allow AI training, dataset creation, model development, music-generation training, machine-learning input, model evaluation datasets, or similar data use.

Any proposed model- or dataset-related use requires a separate written agreement and may be declined.

Not under a standard license. Templates, automated generation systems, downloadable media packages, UGC products, user-selectable music tools, and repeated-output systems may involve redistribution or product-level integration and require a Custom License.

Interactive or product-level embedding generally requires a Custom License. This includes in-game playback, app background music, user-triggered audio, bundled music, downloadable content, templates, and software that generates or exports content containing the recording.

A promotional video for an app or game is different: if the music is embedded only into the promotional video, the Sync License route may apply.

If the selected license does not match the actual project, the use may fall outside the granted permission. Contact Nanashino-chan before publishing or distributing the content.

If the scope changes after purchase, an upgrade, add-on, or custom agreement may be required.

Not automatically. Coverage depends on the named licensee, project, account, platform, brand, client, campaign, term, and distribution scope. Multi-platform, multi-account, whitelisting, or multiple-client use may require an add-on or custom agreement.

No, unless the license or a written agreement expressly permits it. A license may not be freely transferred, assigned, resold, or sublicensed.

Agencies and production teams should arrange the license around the actual client project before delivery.

Keep the license document, receipt, order or transaction reference, track title, artist name, project name, client or brand name, account names, platforms, publication URL, launch date, term, territory, and a description of how the music is used.

Follow the credit requirement stated in the applicable license or platform feature. Credit is appreciated, but credit alone does not create permission and does not replace the correct license.

A simple credit format is:

Music by Nanashino-chan
https://nanashino-chan.github.io/site/

Licensing a well-known commercial recording may require separate approval from the composition rights holders and the master recording owner. Approval, price, media, territory, term, exclusivity, and brand association can vary substantially.

Nanashino-chan's eligible catalog is structured for clearer one-stop review and more predictable standard pricing. This does not mean every project has the same risk or cost; the actual license scope remains important.

For context, in Beastie Boys v. Monster Energy, the jury awarded $1.2 million on copyright claims and $500,000 on a false-endorsement claim, for a total of $1.7 million. See the court opinion and case record.

No. The recording may not be provided as standalone audio, a music-only upload, a download, a music pack, a sample pack, a resale library, a stock-music listing, or a separately accessible client asset.

No. Do not upload Nanashino-chan music to Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, SoundCloud, Bandcamp, stock-music services, distributors, or other music platforms as your own release or catalog.

No. Licensees may not register the music with Content ID, fingerprinting systems, copyright-claim services, publishing databases, rights-management systems, or music-recognition databases as their own work.

Licensees also may not claim authorship, master ownership, composition ownership, publishing ownership, or exclusive rights.

Use may be refused or restricted for unlawful, fraudulent, deceptive, hateful, harassing, discriminatory, explicitly sexual, or otherwise prohibited content. Political advertising, impersonation, manipulated endorsement, harmful misinformation, and regulated or high-risk claims may require prior written review or may be declined.

Check the formal license terms before publishing if the context could create an endorsement, reputational, legal, or safety concern.