Licensing
Creative Commons License
All the music on the Vorbic site is currently licensed under the Creative Commons Music Sharing license:
This music is free to share under a
Creative Commons Music Sharing License
Here are a few of things you can do with music you download from this site:
- Listen to the music you have downloaded for your own personal use
- Pass the file onto your friends (as long as you credit the author and let them know about these license terms - it might be easier to just point them to this site)
- Put the music into a podcast that is free for others to download (as long as you credit the artist)
- Use the music in the soundtrack to a video clip (subject to artist approval for the clip - see below)
Details of the credit you should use for each artists work are given on each download page.
Here are a few of things you cannot do with music you download from this site:
- Sell it or use it in any kind of way where people are paying money to listen to the track
- Put the music into a podcast or a video clip that requires a payment from the user of any kind.
- Use the music in the soundtrack of any kind of commercially released video or film.
If you want to use any of the tracks on the site for these or any other commercial purposes please email us for licensing information.
If you have any doubts about what you can and cannot do with a track please email us and we'll be happy to clarify for you.
Using for video soundtracks
You may use the music in the soundtrack to a video clip provided that:
- The artist approves the entire clip which you are proposing to use the music in - email us a link to the proposed video clip and we'll get back to you as quickly as we can
- That the final clip is free for others to view and download
- You credit the artist - details of the credit you should use for each artists work are given on each download page
Listen to previews
To hear songs from the Vorbic website you will need to install the Macromedia Flash Player. To install it
click here.
To change the player settings (switch auto-start on and off, make it appear in a pop-up window)
click here.