Music Terms of Service

Content & IP Rights · Context

TikTok says it has partnered with music rights holders so copyrighted music can appear in videos

The Introduction says TikTok has partnered with music rights holders to permit the use of copyrighted music in users’ TikTok videos, and that the Music Terms are meant to help users understand how music can be used. It does not describe the terms of those partnerships; the permissions and limits that follow in later sections are what the page actually sets out.

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That's why we've partnered with music rights holders to permit the use of copyrighted music in your TikTok videos.

These Music Terms are intended to help you understand how music can be used on TikTok.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated as TikTok’s reason for permitting music use; the operative rules are in the later sections.

Not stated here

• The scope, duration and territory of TikTok’s agreements with music rights holders are not described.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

If you use a song outside the licensed library, you confirm you have the rights

TikTok USDS Joint Venture offers a library of licensed music from which users can pick songs for their videos. If you put a song in your video that was not chosen from that licensed library, you confirm that you created the music and/or that you have all the rights and permissions needed to use it in your video. Section 3 repeats the idea in short form: only include music if you are sure you have the rights or permissions. Section 8 adds a limit on how far this reaches: you must still comply with the Music Terms, but not all music is protected by copyright and not all uses of copyrighted music would be unauthorized or require permission, for example works in the public domain or uses that qualify for an exception or limitation to copyright infringement such as parody or pastiche in jurisdictions that recognize fundamental user rights.

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TikTok USDS Joint Venture offers its users a library of licensed music from which songs may be selected for inclusion in videos. If you include in your video a song that was not chosen from the licensed library, then you confirm that you are the creator of that music and/or that you have all the rights and permissions needed to use that music in your video.

In short, you should only include music in a video if you are sure that you have the rights or permissions to do so.

While you must comply with these Music Terms, not all music is protected by copyright and not all uses of copyrighted music would be unauthorized or require obtaining permission. For instance, you may use works that are in the public domain, and certain uses of copyrighted works may qualify for an exception or limitation to copyright infringement, such as a parody or pastiche, in jurisdictions that recognize fundamental user rights.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to songs not chosen from the licensed library.
• Public-domain works and uses that qualify for a copyright exception or limitation are described as not requiring permission, in jurisdictions that recognize fundamental user rights.

Not stated here

• This page does not say how TikTok checks the confirmation.
• "TikTok USDS Joint Venture" is named as the library’s provider here; its relationship to "TikTok" and "we" elsewhere on the page is not explained in this document (definitions sit in the unsupplied Terms of Service).
• Which jurisdictions recognize the exceptions mentioned is not stated.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): Not all music is protected, and not all uses of copyrighted music need permission — Section 8 explains that not all music is protected and not all uses of copyrighted music need permission, which limits how far the rights confirmation reaches.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

No rights in the music are licensed to you beyond what the Music Terms expressly set out

You acknowledge that, except as these Music Terms expressly set out, neither the TikTok Terms of Service nor the Music Terms license you any rights in the music, whether in the sound recordings or in the underlying compositions. The permissions the page does describe are the ones for Sounds, Commercial Sounds and uploaded audio in sections 3 to 5.

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Except as expressly set out in these Music Terms, you acknowledge that no rights in the music—either in the sound recordings or the underlying compositions embodied in them—are licensed to you under the TikTok Terms of Service or these Music Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Exception: anything these Music Terms expressly set out.

Not stated here

• The page does not list in one place which rights it expressly grants; they are spread across sections 3 to 7.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Sounds from the general library are for personal, non-commercial videos

TikTok’s general music library is called Sounds. Sounds are made available to individual users to include in their videos as long as the videos are only for personal entertainment and non-commercial purposes. The page says you "shouldn’t" use a Sound for any commercial purpose, including associating the music with, or promoting, a brand or business, unless you have obtained the necessary rights to use the music in that manner. Section 4 states the same limit more firmly (see the non-commercial card).

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Sounds are made available to individual users to include in their videos, so long as the videos are only for personal entertainment and non-commercial purposes.

You shouldn’t use a music recording from Sounds for any commercial purpose–including associating the music with, or promoting, a brand or business–unless you have obtained the necessary rights to use the music in that manner.

Qualifications & exceptions

• For individual users; the videos must be only for personal entertainment and non-commercial purposes.
• Commercial use is allowed only if you have obtained the necessary rights.

Not stated here

• "Personal entertainment" and "commercial purpose" are not defined beyond the brand or business examples given.

Cross-references

• narrowed by (model-proposed): Sounds and Commercial Sounds cannot be used in a live stream; other music needs your own rights — Section 7 says Sounds cannot be used in a live stream, narrowing where the personal-use permission for Sounds reaches.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Commercial Sounds are for Commercial Users and can promote a brand, but sharing stays on the Platform

TikTok also has a Commercial Music Library, called Commercial Sounds. Unlike Sounds, these are made available to brands, businesses, commercial entities, advertisers or other Platform users, including individuals, that may be using the Platform for commercial purposes; the page calls them together a "Commercial User". Recordings from this library can be used to promote a brand or for other commercial purposes, and your use of Commercial Sounds is governed by the Commercial Music Library Terms. Videos that include Commercial Sounds may be shown or shared within the Platform using its sharing features; any use outside the Platform needs separate permission and a license of the necessary rights directly from all necessary rights holders, unless the Commercial Music Library - User Terms authorize it.

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Unlike Sounds, Commercial Sounds are made available to brands, businesses, commercial entities, advertisers or other Platform users (including individuals) that may be using the Platform for commercial purposes (collectively defined as a “Commercial User”).

Music recordings selected from the Commercial Music Library can be used to promote a brand or for other commercial purposes.

Your use of the Commercial Sounds is governed by the Commercial Music Library Terms here.

You may show or share videos that include Commercial Sounds created on the Platform within the Platform and using the sharing features on the Platform. Any uses outside of the Platform require you to obtain separate permission and license the necessary rights directly from all necessary rights holders unless otherwise authorized by the Commercial Music Library - User Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Available to anyone, including individuals, who may be using the Platform for commercial purposes.
• Sharing of videos with Commercial Sounds is limited to the Platform and its sharing features, unless the Commercial Music Library - User Terms say otherwise.

Not stated here

• The Commercial Music Library terms are linked but their text is not supplied here.
• The page uses the names "Commercial Music Library Terms" and "Commercial Music Library - User Terms" for what appear to be the same link; this page does not say whether they are one document.

Cross-references

• narrowed by (model-proposed): Sounds and Commercial Sounds cannot be used in a live stream; other music needs your own rights — Section 7 says Commercial Sounds cannot be used in a live stream, narrowing where the Commercial Sounds permission reaches.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Audio you upload (Original Sounds) follows the Terms of Service; Commercial Users confirm rights

You can upload audio from your own device, such as audio containing music TikTok has licensed for the Platform or your own original work, by including it directly in your video; the page calls this "Original Sounds". Your use of Original Sounds is governed by the TikTok Terms of Service. If you are a Commercial User, you should not use an Original Sound uploaded by another user, and if you upload an Original Sound to your video you confirm one of three things: that you own all the rights to the music in the video, that the music is otherwise permitted by law, or that you have permission from all necessary rights holders to use the Original Sound on the Platform.

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Upload your own music. Finally, you can also upload audio from your own personal device, such as audio that contains music we’ve licensed for use on the Platform or your own original work, by including such music directly in your TikTok video ("Original Sounds").

Your use of Original Sounds is governed by the TikTok Terms of Service.

If you’re a Commercial User, you should not use an Original Sound uploaded by another user. If you're a Commercial User and you upload an Original Sound to your video, you confirm that (i) you own all the rights to the music included in the video; or (ii) the music is otherwise permitted by law; or (iii) you have permission from all necessary rights holders to use the Original Sound on the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The extra confirmations apply to Commercial Users only.
• The Commercial User confirmation is given as alternatives: (i) you own the rights, (ii) the music is otherwise permitted by law, or (iii) you have permission from all necessary rights holders.

Not stated here

• The Terms of Service are not supplied, so what they say about Original Sounds is unknown.
• How TikTok checks the confirmation is not stated.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Outside Commercial Sounds, music is for personal, non-commercial use only

Section 4 begins by saying that to use music on the Platform you must follow a few rules. The first: unless you have selected a sound from the Commercial Sounds list, music should only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. Using music to sponsor, promote, co-brand or advertise, or in a way that creates an association between the music and a brand, product, good or service, is prohibited unless you have obtained separate permissions and all necessary rights. Compared with the Sounds description in section 3 (which says you "shouldn’t" use Sounds commercially), this section states the limit as a prohibition.

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to use music on our Platform, you must follow a few rules.

Unless you’ve selected a sound from our list of Commercial Sounds, music should only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. Any other use of music to sponsor, promote, co-brand or advertise or in a way that creates an association between the music and a brand, product, good or service is prohibited unless you have obtained separate permissions and all necessary rights.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Does not apply to sounds selected from the Commercial Sounds list.
• A different use is allowed only with separate permissions and all necessary rights.

Not stated here

• "Personal" and "non-commercial" are not defined beyond the sponsorship, promotion, co-branding, advertising and brand-association examples.

Cross-references

• has exception (model-proposed): Commercial Sounds can be used for brand association, advertising, sponsorship and paid hashtag challenges — Section 5 lets Commercial Sounds be used for brand association and advertising, which is the exception named in the section 4 rule that other music is for personal, non-commercial use only.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Uses of music up to one minute are generally permitted, but limits vary

TikTok’s global music license agreements may require it to limit how long the music in your video can be. Specific limits vary, and uses up to one minute are generally permitted. The page does not list the specific limits or say what happens if music runs longer than the applicable limit.

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Our global music license agreements may require us to place limits on the duration of music that can be used in your video. While specific limitations vary, uses of music up to one minute in length are generally permitted.

Qualifications & exceptions

• "Generally" permitted, not guaranteed for every recording; specific limits vary.

Not stated here

• Specific duration limits per recording or license are not stated.
• The consequence of exceeding a limit is not stated in this section.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You cannot alter the fundamental character of copyrighted music unless you have the rights

You can not edit or alter the fundamental character of any copyrighted music, unless you created the underlying music or otherwise have the rights or permissions to do so.

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You can not edit or alter the fundamental character of any copyrighted music, unless you created the underlying music or otherwise have the rights or permissions to do so.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to copyrighted music; excepted if you created the underlying music or have the rights or permissions.

Not stated here

• "Fundamental character" is not defined, so where editing becomes altering is not stated.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Music should not be used as stand-alone audio without an accompanying video

You should not use music separately as stand-alone audio without an accompanying video.

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You should not use music separately as stand-alone audio without an accompanying video.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The rule is stated with "should not".

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Do not use music illegally, with illegal content, or against the Community Guidelines

Don’t use music in an illegal manner, in connection with illegal content, or in violation of TikTok’s Community Guidelines.

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Don’t use music in an illegal manner, in connection with illegal content, or in violation of our Community Guidelines.

Not stated here

• The Community Guidelines are linked but their text is not supplied here.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Music should not be used in a political context unless all rights holders have separately given permission

Music shouldn’t be used in a political context or for political purposes unless you have separately obtained permission from all of the rights holders to do so.

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In addition, music shouldn’t be used in a political context or for political purposes unless you have separately obtained permission from all of the rights holders to do so.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Exception: separate permission from all of the rights holders.

Not stated here

• "Political context" and "political purposes" are not defined.

Content & IP Rights · Context

If you share a TikTok video to another platform, that platform’s terms apply to it

In some cases you may be able to share TikTok videos to third-party platforms through the service. If you do, your TikTok video is subject to the terms and conditions of that third-party platform. The page does not say what those terms allow for the music in the video.

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In some cases, you may be able to share TikTok videos to third-party platforms through our service. If you do share your TikTok video to a third-party platform, your TikTok video would be subject to the terms and conditions of that third-party platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only where sharing to a third-party platform is available ("in some cases").

Not stated here

• Whether music rights granted on TikTok carry over to a third-party platform is not stated.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Commercial Sounds can be used for brand association, advertising, sponsorship and paid hashtag challenges

Section 5 applies if you use Commercial Sounds. Music from the Commercial Sounds list can be used for business or commercial uses, such as use in association with a brand, logo, trademark or other brand-identifying characteristics. Commercial Sounds are also made available for advertising, marketing, endorsing, sponsoring or publicizing a product and/or service on the Platform, including so-called paid "hashtag challenges". This is the exception to the section 4 rule that music outside Commercial Sounds is for personal, non-commercial use only, and it comes from recordings in the Commercial Music Library, which the page says are made available to Commercial Users.

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Music selected from the Commercial Sounds list can be used for business or commercial uses, such as use in association with a brand, logo or trademark or other brand identifying characteristics.

Commercial Sounds are also made available for advertising, marketing, endorsing, sponsoring or publicizing (including so-called paid "hashtag challenges") a product and/or service on the Platform.

Music recordings selected from the Commercial Music Library can be used to promote a brand or for other commercial purposes.

Unless you’ve selected a sound from our list of Commercial Sounds, music should only be used for personal, non-commercial purposes. Any other use of music to sponsor, promote, co-brand or advertise or in a way that creates an association between the music and a brand, product, good or service is prohibited unless you have obtained separate permissions and all necessary rights.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to music selected from the Commercial Sounds list.
• The advertising, endorsing, sponsoring or publicizing use is stated for the Platform.

Not stated here

• The Commercial Music Library terms are not supplied, so any further conditions on Commercial Sounds are unknown.
• "Paid hashtag challenges" are named as an example; the page does not describe how they work.

Cross-references

• exception to (model-proposed): Outside Commercial Sounds, music is for personal, non-commercial use only — Section 5 lets Commercial Sounds be used for brand association and advertising, which is the exception named in the section 4 rule that other music is for personal, non-commercial use only.
• contrast (model-proposed): AI Music Videos should not be used for endorsements or violate other policies — Section 6 says an AI Music Video should not be used for endorsements, while section 5 says Commercial Sounds are made available for endorsing a product or service. The page does not say how they fit when an AI Music Video includes Commercial Sounds.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Commercial Sounds videos: use outside the Platform needs separate permission unless the library terms authorize it

You may show or share videos that include Commercial Sounds created on the Platform within the Platform and using its sharing features. Any use outside the Platform requires you to obtain separate permission and license the necessary rights directly from all necessary rights holders, unless the Commercial Music Library - User Terms otherwise authorize it.

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You may show or share videos that include Commercial Sounds created on the Platform within the Platform and using the sharing features on the Platform. Any uses outside of the Platform require you to obtain separate permission and license the necessary rights directly from all necessary rights holders unless otherwise authorized by the Commercial Music Library - User Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Sharing is limited to the Platform and its sharing features.
• Exception: authorization in the Commercial Music Library - User Terms.

Not stated here

• Whether the Commercial Music Library - User Terms authorize particular outside uses is unknown because they are not supplied.

Content & IP Rights · Context

The Commercial Music Library Terms apply to your use of Commercial Sounds

If you use Commercial Sounds, the page asks you to read the Commercial Music Library Terms Guidelines, which it says apply to your use of Commercial Sounds. They are linked, not reproduced, so their content is not part of this document.

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If you use Commercial Sounds, please read the Commercial Music Library Terms Guidelines here, as they apply to your use of Commercial Sounds.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you use Commercial Sounds.

Not stated here

• The linked terms are not supplied here, and the page does not say which document prevails if they differ from these Music Terms.
• The page calls the linked document "Commercial Music Library Terms", "Commercial Music Library - User Terms" and "Commercial Music Library Terms Guidelines" for what appears to be the same link.

Content & IP Rights · Context

Section 6 sets rules for videos that include music made with generative AI ("AI Music Video")

The page uses "AI Music" for music created with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence technology, and "AI Music Video" for a TikTok video that includes AI Music. It says TikTok respects the expressive value of AI Music and the interests of creators and music rights holders, recognizes that AI can make it harder to tell fact from fiction, and has set a few rules that should be followed if you upload an AI Music Video. The Do’s and Don’ts that follow are written mostly with "should" and "should not".

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How you can use music created with the assistance of generative artificial intelligence technology ("AI Music")

We respect the expressive value of AI Music and the interests of both content creators and music rights holders. We also recognize that AI can make it more difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. That's why we've set a few rules that should be followed if you upload a TikTok video that includes AI Music ("AI Music Video"), as set forth below.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to a TikTok video that includes AI Music.

Not stated here

• The page does not say how TikTok decides whether music was created with the assistance of generative AI.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

For AI Music Videos, obtain needed permissions; TikTok may mute or remove for third-party rights violations

You should obtain all permissions needed for any copyrighted music, trade names or trademarks used in an AI Music Video. TikTok may mute any music in an AI Music Video and/or remove the video if it violates a third party’s rights or if TikTok otherwise has a legal obligation to do so. The page points to its Intellectual Property Policy for more information.

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You should obtain all permissions needed for any copyrighted music, trade names or trademarks used in an AI Music Video.

We may mute any music included in an AI Music Video and/or remove any AI Music Video if it violates a third party's rights or if we otherwise have a legal obligation to do so.

For more information, see our Intellectual Property Policy here.

Qualifications & exceptions

• TikTok may mute or remove only where the video violates a third party’s rights or TikTok otherwise has a legal obligation.

Not stated here

• The Intellectual Property Policy is linked but its text is not supplied here.

Content & IP Rights · Procedure

If you upload an AI Music Video, you should clearly disclose that it is AI

If you upload an AI Music Video, you should provide clear disclosures, which can be done with captions or hashtags such as "[artist] AI cover", "AI generated music" or "AI music cover". You can also add an AI-generated content label to your video, and the page links to more information about it.

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If you upload an AI Music Video, you should provide clear disclosures. This can be done by using captions or hashtags, such as '[artist] AI cover', 'AI generated music', or 'AI music cover.'

You can add an AI-generated content label to your video and can learn more information here.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to AI Music Videos.
• Stated as "should"; the examples are introduced with "such as", so they are not an exhaustive list.

Not stated here

• The linked AI-generated content page is not supplied here, so how the label works is unknown.
• The page does not say what happens if no disclosure is given.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Do not use AI Music Videos to suggest a real person’s voice or performance that is not theirs

You should not upload an AI Music Video with vocals created using a person’s voice that are intended to create a false impression that the person’s real voice is used. You should also not falsely attribute the performance of the music in an AI Music Video to a person who did not actually perform it.

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You should not upload an AI Music Video which contains vocals which were created using a person's voice and are intended to create a false impression that the person's real voice is used in that AI Music Video.

You should not falsely attribute the performance of the music included in an AI Music Video to a person who did not actually perform that music.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The voice rule applies where the vocals are intended to create a false impression that the person’s real voice is used.

Not stated here

• The page does not say how intent or false impression is determined.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

AI Music Videos with a person’s likeness need that person’s permission; TikTok may mute or remove misappropriation

You should not upload an AI Music Video that contains a person’s likeness, such as an image or voice, if you have not received the necessary permission in accordance with applicable laws. TikTok may mute or remove any AI Music Video that misappropriates a person’s likeness under the applicable law.

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You should not upload an AI Music Video that contains a person's likeness, such as an image or voice, if you have not received the necessary permission in accordance with applicable laws.

We may mute or remove any AI Music Video that misappropriates a person's likeness under the applicable law.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Permission is measured by applicable laws; removal applies to misappropriation of likeness under the applicable law.

Not stated here

• Which law applies is not stated.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

AI Music Videos should not be used for endorsements or violate other policies

You should not upload an AI Music Video that is used for endorsements or violates any other policies. Section 5 separately says Commercial Sounds are made available for endorsing a product or service, and this section does not say how the two fit when an AI Music Video also includes Commercial Sounds.

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You should not upload an AI Music Video that is used for endorsements or violates any other policies.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to AI Music Videos.

Not stated here

• "Endorsements" and "any other policies" are not defined here.
• The page does not say whether an AI Music Video can include Commercial Sounds, or how this rule interacts with the Commercial Sounds endorsement use.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Commercial Sounds can be used for brand association, advertising, sponsorship and paid hashtag challenges — Section 6 says an AI Music Video should not be used for endorsements, while section 5 says Commercial Sounds are made available for endorsing a product or service. The page does not say how they fit when an AI Music Video includes Commercial Sounds.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

Sounds and Commercial Sounds cannot be used in a live stream; other music needs your own rights

You cannot use Sounds or Commercial Sounds in a live stream. To use recorded music or perform music in a Live stream that you do not own, you must have all the rights and permissions you need to use or perform it in the Live stream. This limit narrows the Sounds and Commercial Sounds permissions described in sections 3 and 5.

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There are limitations around how music can be included in Live streams. You cannot use Sounds or Commercial Sounds in a live stream. To use recorded music or perform music in your Live stream that you do not own, you must have all rights and permissions you need to use or perform the music in the Live stream.

You cannot use Sounds or Commercial Sounds in a live stream. To use recorded music or perform music in your Live stream that you do not own, you must have all rights and permissions you need to use or perform the music in the Live stream.

To use recorded music or perform music in your Live stream that you do not own, you must have all rights and permissions you need to use or perform the music in the Live stream.

Sounds are made available to individual users to include in their videos, so long as the videos are only for personal entertainment and non-commercial purposes.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to Live streams.
• The rights requirement applies to music you do not own.

Not stated here

• The page does not say how rights are verified for Live streams.

Cross-references

• narrows (model-proposed): Sounds from the general library are for personal, non-commercial videos — Section 7 says Sounds cannot be used in a live stream, narrowing where the personal-use permission for Sounds reaches.
• narrows (model-proposed): Commercial Sounds are for Commercial Users and can promote a brand, but sharing stays on the Platform — Section 7 says Commercial Sounds cannot be used in a live stream, narrowing where the Commercial Sounds permission reaches.

Content & IP Rights · Procedure

Rights holders can report infringing content, and users can dispute reports under TikTok’s Copyright Policy

TikTok allows rights holders to report user content on the Platform that they believe infringes their copyrights. It has established policies describing how rights holders can report claimed infringements and how users can dispute those reports, and these apply to all types of copyrighted works, including music. The page suggests you review these policies if you believe you mistakenly received a takedown notification, and points to the Copyright Policy 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.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to claimed infringements of all types of copyrighted works, including music.

Not stated here

• The Copyright Policy is linked but not supplied, so its steps, timelines and outcomes are unknown.

Content & IP Rights · Company practice

TikTok may mute or remove videos it believes use music without authorization; you can appeal if it was in error

TikTok may remove or mute your video if it has reason to believe your use of music is unauthorized. You acknowledge that its audio recognition system may detect unauthorized uses of music and that your content may be muted. If your content is muted or removed in error, and you have the necessary rights to share the music or your use may be permitted by law, you can appeal through the in-app notification process.

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We may remove or mute your video if we have reason to believe your use of music is unauthorized. You acknowledge that our audio recognition system may detect unauthorized uses of music and your content may be muted.

If your content is muted or removed in error, and you have the necessary rights to share music or your use may be permitted by law, you can appeal the issue through our in-app notification process.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Removal or muting requires "reason to believe" the use is unauthorized.
• Appeal applies where the removal or muting was in error and you have the necessary rights or your use may be permitted by law.

Not stated here

• The page does not say how long an appeal takes or what review standard applies.
• How the audio recognition system decides is not described.