Can I use the music on YouTube, in ads and for client work?

Yes. Free and Pro cover personal and small-team use including YouTube, podcasts and websites. Max adds commercial use: paid ads, sponsored content, client work and brands of any size. One-time Sync licenses cover TV, film, trailers and games.

What is the difference between the Pro and Max plans?

Pro gives unlimited MP3 downloads and a personal & small-team license. Max adds WAV + stems, a full commercial license (ads and client work) and priority support.

What audio formats do I get?

MP3 on every plan. Lossless WAV and isolated stems are included with the Max plan and with one-time Professional and Commercial track licenses.

What happens if I get a YouTube Content ID claim?

A claim is a notice, not a strike — it does not harm your channel. Paste the video link in your account and tell us which track it is: we send the claim for release within one business day, on any plan including Free.

Can I buy a license for a single track?

Yes. One-time track licenses are available: Personal $15, Commercial $79 and Professional $249. Each purchase includes a PDF license certificate. Pay once, licensed forever.

How do I license music for a documentary?

Updated 2026-07-29 · TV Music Store

A documentary needs a license that survives its whole life: festival screenings, broadcast, and streaming platforms. In practice that means the broadcast-capable tier (worldwide, perpetual, all media), plus a cue sheet listing every piece of music with its composer, publisher and duration — every broadcaster and most streamers will demand one before delivery.

License for the film's future, not its first screening

The mistake that costs money is licensing for the festival cut and then discovering that the acquisition contract requires worldwide, all-media, perpetual rights. Re-clearing music after a sale is slow and gives the library leverage.

Pick a license that is already worldwide and perpetual and covers broadcast — then a sale changes nothing about your music.

The cue sheet is not optional

A cue sheet is the delivery document that lists every music cue in the film: title, composer, publisher, their PRO and IPI numbers, the duration used and how it is used (background, featured, theme).

Broadcasters use it to pay performance royalties to the composers. No cue sheet, no delivery — it is a hard requirement, not paperwork theatre.

What to collect for every track you use

Track title and version (the exact cut you used).
Composer's legal name, PRO (BMI, ASCAP, PRS…) and IPI/CAE number.
Publisher, publisher PRO and publisher IPI, if there is one.
Duration used in the film and its usage type.
Your license document.

Streaming platforms

Netflix, Prime and the rest do not license your music for you — they require you to warrant that everything is cleared and to deliver the cue sheet with the film. A commercial royalty-free license with broadcast rights normally satisfies this; a personal-tier license never does.

Frequently asked

Can I use royalty-free music in a documentary on Netflix?

Yes, if the license covers broadcast/streaming worldwide and perpetually, and you deliver a cue sheet. Personal-tier licenses do not qualify.

What is a cue sheet and who writes it?

It is the list of every music cue in the film with composer, publisher, PRO/IPI numbers and durations. The production writes it; the library gives you the data for its tracks.

Do I pay again if the film gets picked up?

Not with a worldwide, perpetual, all-media license — that is the whole point of buying the right tier at the start.