Sync.Land Free Sync License

Sync.Land Free Sync License · SLFS-v1.2 · effective 27 September 2026

Version 1.2, effective 2026-09-27, supersedes v1.1 of 2026-09-08

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;
• Live streams: playing the Track during your own live broadcasts through a Sync.Land player, on the terms in Section 4.

All other uses require an upgrade to a paid Sync.Land license. See Section 5.

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 5.

For Live Stream Use, Section 4 sets how these caps apply.

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. Live streams

You may play the Track during live broadcasts on your own channel on Twitch, YouTube Live, Kick, TikTok Live, Facebook Live and similar live-streaming services (“Live Stream Use”), provided the Track is played through a Sync.Land player (the Sync.Land OBS Player or another player Sync.Land provides) while that player’s on-screen credit is shown. For Live Stream Use:

• Each broadcast is its own Project. One broadcast, its recording kept on the service it was broadcast on (the VOD), and clips and highlights cut from it on that service together form one Project. A broadcast sent to several services at the same time is one broadcast. The 100,000 cap in Section 3 applies to each broadcast separately, counting live views, VOD views and clip views together as the services report them, not to your channel as a whole.
• Monetised channels. Live Stream Use is allowed on monetised channels, including ads, subscriptions, channel memberships, subscriber-only or member-only broadcasts and VODs, donations and tips. The live-streaming services named above are not over-the-top television or subscription video-on-demand platforms for the purposes of Section 5.
• Term. The 12-month limit in Section 3 does not apply to Live Stream Use. Your license for the Track continues while your Sync.Land account is in good standing and the Track remains available through the Sync.Land player. Each play through the player is recorded against this license.
• Attribution. The credit the Sync.Land player shows on screen during the broadcast satisfies Section 7 for the broadcast and its VOD. Any clip, highlight or VOD where that credit is not visible must carry the credit line in its description.
• If a Track is withdrawn. If the artist pauses or removes the Track, or Sync.Land withdraws it, the player stops offering it and Live Stream Use of that Track ends from that point. Broadcasts made before then remain licensed, including their VODs and clips.
• Other uses of the recording. An edited video made from a broadcast and published as a new upload, on the same or another service, is not part of the broadcast Project. It is a separate Project under the other Permitted Uses in Section 2 and Section 3 applies to it in full.
• If a broadcast passes the cap. The live broadcast itself remains licensed. Within the 30 days in Section 6 You either contact Sync.Land at info@sync.land to arrange a paid license for that broadcast or remove or mute the Track in its VOD and clips.
• Only through the player. Playing the Track in a broadcast by any other means (for example from a downloaded file or another app) is not Live Stream Use.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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 6 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.

9. 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.

10. 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-v1.2-2026-09-27, 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.

11. 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).

12. AI-generated material

The Artist’s answer to how the Track’s audio was created is recorded on this licence. Any material the Artist has identified as AI-generated is not licensed under this licence and is not warranted; the licence covers the human-authored elements of the Track only. Tracks whose audio was produced entirely by a generative AI tool are not offered under this licence.

13. Version retirement

Sync.Land may publish successor versions of the Sync.Land Free Sync License (SLFS-v1.3, SLFS-v2.0, etc.) at any time. A newly-issued license reflects the then-current version. Retirement of SLFS-v1.2 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.

14. 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.