Using copyrighted music for personal video

[Anonymous]

I’m trying to make a video montage on Canva. I paid for the membership, paid for MP3’s on Amazon music. I downloaded 6 songs to canvas. 4 of the 6 got flagged for copywriter violations. I purchased all of them but canva support is saying I still can not use them. I am not planning on publishing video anywhere- just for private use. I put hours into the video- any way I can use these songs? I’m at a loss!

[Anonymous]

Nope. The license you paid for to listen didn't include use in videos or montages on canva,\.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nope. The license you paid for to listen didn't include use in videos or montages on canva,\.

Is there anyway to pay for the license to use in a personal video?

[Anonymous]

You need a master license (essentially the sheet-music license) and a sync license. You have to work with the music publisher for these. It won't be easy or cheap.

What you probably really want is "production music" which is made to be licensed for this sort of thing. Look at APM, which will license music for ~$75 per "needle drop" for "corporate videos" (which would include something made for personal use). There are also "buy-out" production music libraries where you can pay once and use the music as much as you want. No, you won't get the Beatles, but it will be far cheaper and easier to license.

A free option would be the 78 RPM collection on the Internet Archive, all of which is public domain.

[Anonymous]

I have been able to uses songs on purchased on iTunes for videos I made on Filmora.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need a master license (essentially the sheet-music license) and a sync license. You have to work with the music publisher for these. It won't be easy or cheap.

What you probably really want is "production music" which is made to be licensed for this sort of thing. Look at APM, which will license music for ~$75 per "needle drop" for "corporate videos" (which would include something made for personal use). There are also "buy-out" production music libraries where you can pay once and use the music as much as you want. No, you won't get the Beatles, but it will be far cheaper and easier to license.

A free option would be the 78 RPM collection on the Internet Archive, all of which is public domain.

Thank you! Super informative!