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No Only if you do not purchase a subsequent license for use from SoundGuardian, the previous (as well as future) use of the music is prohibited and the illegal contribution must be deleted immediately.

The costs depend on various factors; e.g. on the size of your company, the popularity of the music used, the reach of the contribution, the size of the social media platform, the number of clicks, or the way the music is used.

You can ask us to explain the amount of the claim made by SoundGuardian. If you then still believe that the claim is unjustified and refuse to settle the claim, you must expect us to enforce our claim in court, which will result in further costs for you. To avoid an unnecessary lawsuit, we recommend that you seek legal advice.

When social media accounts display music in audio-visual productions, the rights of the authors must be respected in addition to the rights to sound recordings. These are the composers and lyricists whose works are used in the production of sound recordings. These rights are not exercised by recording companies, but by music publishers, by GEMA or, in exceptional cases, by composers or lyricists themselves. Therefore, the dubbing and film production rights described above must also be clarified by you. The use of the rights of composers or copywriters is therefore subject to further remuneration for previously unlicensed use.

The licensing analogy means that the amount of remuneration to be paid for an unauthorised use of music depends on what would have been calculated on the basis of similar licenses in a previous request. The calculation is based on the usual fees for using music in a comparable context.

Yes If posts are publicly available, SoundGuardian may save them to verify and document the illegal use of music.

No, SoundGuardian complies with legal data protection regulations and only monitors publicly available content.

Yes, SoundGuardian may monitor public content on social media platforms as part of copyright protection to ensure that no rights are infringed.

SoundGuardian uses specialized software that searches and analyses the Internet and social media to determine whether music has been used in posts that require a license.

SoundGuardian works on behalf of recording companies to ensure that they receive appropriate compensation when their music is used in social media without the rights being obtained or licenses these rights if they are correctly requested before use.

No, SoundGuardian is not a recording company. It represents the rights of recording companies that have transferred their social media rights to SoundGuardian.

SoundGuardian is a company that specializes in licensing and managing the rights to sound recordings in the area of social media. SoundGuardian ensures that rights holders receive fair compensation when using music recordings in audio-visual productions that are distributed commercially via social media. This applies, for example, when displaying sound recordings on a website or in corporate image films.

Synchronization or film production rights are the right to combine music with visual media (e.g. films or videos). This must be approved by the owner of the music rights. Because in these cases, the music is not only used as such, but also for commercial purposes.

The lump sum contracts that platforms such as Instagram and TikTok have concluded with music rights holders generally only include private use of the music by users. If, on the other hand, music is used for commercial purposes (such as in an advertising video or on a commercial homepage), the rights cannot be acquired on the basis of lump sum contracts. In such a case, the rights must be requested individually from the rights holder to ensure that the rights holders receive fair compensation for the commercial use of their music.