Music Terms of Service

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Music Terms apply together with TikTok’s Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and Privacy Policy

This page is dated "Effective Date: January 2026" (month only). As a TikTok user, you agree that your use of music will follow these Music Terms and also the TikTok Terms of Service, the Community Guidelines and the Privacy Policy, which govern your use of the Platform. Capitalized terms that these Music Terms do not define take the meaning given in the TikTok Terms of Service. The Music Terms do not say here which document prevails if two of them differ.

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Effective Date: January 2026

As a TikTok user, you agree that your use of music will follow these Music Terms, the TikTok Terms of Service, the Community Guidelines and the Privacy Policy which govern your use of the Platform.

All capitalized terms used but not defined in these Music Terms shall have the meaning set out in the TikTok Terms of Service.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to a TikTok user’s use of music on the Platform.
• Undefined capitalized terms take their meaning from the TikTok Terms of Service.

Not stated here

• The text of the Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and Privacy Policy is not part of this document, so definitions such as "Platform" that those documents supply are not available here.
• No priority rule between these documents is stated in this page.
• The effective date is given only as a month and year.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice

Not all music is protected, and not all uses of copyrighted music need permission

Section 8 says that, as part of TikTok’s mission, music may be used in transformative ways. 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 permission. As examples, you may use works in the public domain, and certain uses of copyrighted works may 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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As part of our mission to inspire creativity and bring joy, it is important to acknowledge that music may be used in transformative ways.

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

• You must still comply with the Music Terms.
• The copyright exceptions are described for jurisdictions that recognize fundamental user rights.

Not stated here

• The page does not list the jurisdictions or say whether a particular use qualifies.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): If you use a song outside the licensed library, you confirm you have the rights — 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.