Sync.Land Free Sync License

Sync.Land Free Sync License · SLFS-v1.0 · effective 11 July 2026

1. Grant of license

Subject to your continuing compliance with these terms, Sync.Land grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, revocable, worldwide license to reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, and synchronize the Track in and with your own audiovisual, audio, interactive, and printed works (“Your Project”), solely for the Permitted Uses in Section 2 and subject to the Usage Caps in Section 3.

This is a license, not a sale. Ownership of the Track, including all master and composition rights, is retained by the artist.

2. Permitted uses

Under this Free Sync License You may use the Track in Your Project for the following purposes:

• Personal, non-commercial works — home videos, personal social posts, portfolios, wedding films, and similar personal projects;
• Educational and non-profit works — classroom materials, non-profit and civic-society content, student films and coursework;
• User-generated content on ad-supported platforms — monetized YouTube, TikTok, Instagram Reels, Twitch VODs and similar creator content, subject to the caps in Section 3;
• Independent podcasts — intros, outros, transitions, and beds in podcasts distributed through public RSS feeds;
• Game jams, prototypes, and open-source game builds — playable builds released for free.

All other uses require an upgrade to a paid Sync.Land license. See Section 4.

3. Usage caps

The Free Sync License terminates automatically, and an upgrade is required, on the earliest of:

• Your Project reaching 100,000 cumulative views, streams, or downloads across all platforms where it is distributed;
• 12 months from the license issuance date printed on your license certificate; or
• Your Project being used for any Reserved Use listed in Section 4.

You are responsible for monitoring your cumulative reach in good faith. Sync.Land may operate view-count oracles or require you to self-report on request.

4. Reserved uses (upgrade required)

The following uses are not permitted under the Free Sync License and require a paid tier:

• Broadcast, cable, satellite, and over-the-top television distribution;
• Theatrical film release (any admission-charging exhibition);
• Paid advertising where combined placement spend exceeds US$1,000 (per campaign, aggregate);
• Subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) or subscription audio platforms (e.g. Netflix, Spotify original content);
• Commercial video games with a development budget exceeding US$500,000, or paid mobile / console titles;
• Compilations, sample packs, sound libraries, or beat stores where the Track is offered as raw material for further licensing;
• Endorsement, sponsorship, or political campaign uses implying the artist’s approval of a product, cause, or candidate;
• AI training corpora, generative-model training data, or dataset redistribution.

5. Auto-upgrade trigger

If Your Project crosses any Usage Cap or Reserved Use threshold, You have 30 days from the triggering event to purchase the appropriate paid license through Sync.Land. During the 30-day cure window, Your Project may remain distributed. If no upgrade is purchased by day 31, the Free Sync License terminates automatically and Your Project must be taken down or the Track removed and replaced.

6. Attribution

Every distribution of Your Project must include the following credit line, clearly legible and, where the medium supports links, clickable:

Where the medium is audio-only (e.g. a podcast) or lacks visible text (e.g. a live performance), the same credit line must appear in the accompanying episode notes, description, or programme. The Track title may be added but is not required. The credit line must not be modified in a way that misidentifies the artist, obscures the Sync.Land link, or implies the artist’s endorsement of the licensee.

7. Term, cure and revocation

The Free Sync License remains in force so long as You comply with these terms. Sync.Land or the artist may revoke this license for material breach (including misattribution, unauthorized use in a Reserved category, exceeding the view cap without upgrade, or failure to cure within the Section 5 window) upon 30 days’ written notice to the account email on file with Sync.Land. Uses that comply with these terms and that occurred before revocation remain permitted; ongoing use ceases at the end of the notice period.

8. Reserved rights

Nothing in this Free Sync License grants:

• Any public-performance license from a performing-rights organization (PRO) such as ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, PRS, GEMA, or their equivalents. You are responsible for obtaining any required public-performance licenses in your jurisdiction;
• Any mechanical license for physical or digital reproduction of the composition where such a mechanical license would be additionally required by law;
• Any neighboring rights royalties owed to performers or master-recording owners under jurisdiction-specific statutes (e.g. SoundExchange in the U.S., PPL in the U.K.);
• Any waiver of the artist’s moral rights, including the right of paternity and the right of integrity.

9. On-chain registration

Each Free Sync License issued may be recorded on the Cardano blockchain as a CIP-25 metadata event carrying the version identifier SLFS-v1.0-2026-07-11, the Track identifier, and a fingerprint of the licensee’s account. This on-chain record is authoritative for the fact of issuance. The off-chain PDF certificate delivered to You is authoritative for the terms and details of the specific issuance. If the two conflict on a material term, the off-chain certificate controls.

10. No warranty

The Track is provided “as is.” Sync.Land makes no representation regarding the availability, fitness for purpose, non-infringement, or absence of third-party claims against the Track beyond the rights the artist has represented to Sync.Land. Your remedy for any dispute is limited to termination of this license and refund of any fees actually paid to Sync.Land in respect of the Track (which, for a Free Sync License, is zero).

11. Version retirement

Sync.Land may publish successor versions of the Sync.Land Free Sync License (SLFS-v1.1, SLFS-v2.0, etc.) at any time. A newly-issued license reflects the then-current version. Retirement of SLFS-v1.0 does not retroactively alter licenses already issued under it: You may continue to rely on the terms of the version printed on your certificate for the duration of that license.

12. Governing law

This Free Sync License is governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws provisions. Disputes arising out of or relating to this license shall be brought in the state or federal courts located in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.