These Music Terms sit alongside TikTok's other terms and policies
The Music Terms explain how music can be used in TikTok videos. TikTok says it has partnered with music rights holders to permit use of copyrighted music in videos. As a TikTok user you agree that your use of music follows these Music Terms together with the TikTok Terms of Service, the Community Guidelines and the Privacy Policy. Capitalized terms that these Music Terms do not define take the meaning given in the TikTok Terms of Service. The page shows an effective date of "January 2026" with no day.
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Effective Date: January 2026
That's why we've partnered with music rights holders to permit the use of copyrighted music in your TikTok videos.
As a TikTok user, you agree that your use of music will follow these Music Terms, the
All capitalized terms used but not defined in these Music Terms shall have the meaning set out in the
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Applies to your use of music on the Platform
Undefined capitalized terms take their meaning from the TikTok Terms of Service
Not stated here
The linked Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and Privacy Policy were not supplied in this saved source, so how they interact with these Music Terms on a conflict is not stated here.
The effective date gives only a month and year.
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Commercial Sounds users are pointed to the Commercial Music Library Terms
If you use Commercial Sounds, TikTok asks you to read the Commercial Music Library Terms Guidelines, which it says apply to your use of Commercial Sounds. The linked terms are not part of this source.
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If you use Commercial Sounds, please read the Commercial Music Library Terms Guidelines
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Applies to anyone using Commercial Sounds
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The Commercial Music Library terms were not supplied, so what they require is not stated here.
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Rights holders can report infringement; users can dispute reports
TikTok respects intellectual property rights and allows rights holders to report user content on the Platform that they believe infringes their copyrights. It has policies describing how rights holders can report claimed infringements and how users can dispute those reports. These policies apply to all types of copyrighted works, including music. You should review them if you believe you mistakenly received a takedown notification. The Copyright Policy is linked for more information.
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We allow rights holders to report user content on the Platform that they believe infringes their copyrights. We have established policies that describe how rights holders can report claimed infringements and how users can dispute those reports. These policies apply to all types of copyrighted works, including music.
You should review these policies if you believe you have mistakenly received a takedown notification.
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Applies to all types of copyrighted works, including music
Not stated here
The Copyright Policy is linked but not supplied in this saved source, so the reporting and dispute steps are not described here.