Students and non-commercial organizations can use all Magnatune music with no permission required and without paying a licensing fee as long as you are a Magnatune member and abide by the Creative Commons license we use (see below). The audio files (mp3, wav, etc) available to members are licensed under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa v1.0 license to enable you maximum flexibility in your use of our music.
If you want to use our music without paying any licensing fee, you must meet the legal requirement
for "non-commercial use" as defined by the Creative Commons License which governs all Magnatune MP3 files.
Please note that if you are a "non-profit institution" this does not necessarily imply that your use is "non-commercial".
Please consult the license for details.
You must abide by the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike use restrictions placed by the license.
Common examples of uses we consider non-commercial are:
- anything a student
makes while attending school (i.e. homework)
- demos, resume and other samples by individuals, even
if they're being used to get a job or solicit contracts (we assume you'll want to use our music at your job once you get one)
- films that are being shown in places where no admission fee is charged
- GNU/Berkeley/OSI licensed games or software that are given away for free (or included incidentally inside a larger distribution, even in a pay-distribution)
- Remixes that are given away for free (we're active participants in CC mixter)
- Podcasts and video blogs
Any questions or problems with licensing? Email John Buckman.
