Last updated: May 25, 2026
ReelShowing offers two ways to add background music to a clip: tracks you select from our curated in-app library, or audio you upload yourself. This page summarizes the license terms that apply to each.
Curated in-app library
The in-app library is curated by ReelShowing and sourced from one or more royalty-free music providers whose licenses permit commercial use in published videos. We screen out tracks flagged by Content ID systems before they enter the library, so the catalog is safe to use in published content on the major social platforms.
What this means for your videos
- Free for commercial use. You can publish ReelShowing-rendered videos that use library tracks on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, your own website, or any other platform.
- No attribution required. You don’t need to credit anyone in your video or its caption to use a library track.
- Pre-filtered for Content ID risk. We exclude tracks flagged by the major platforms’ automated copyright systems. We can’t guarantee any specific platform’s behavior, but the risk is materially lower than uploading your own unknown audio.
- You can’t redistribute the audio files themselves. The licenses let you embed tracks in videos; they do not let you re-upload the standalone audio anywhere.
Each track in the library is stored alongside its provenance metadata as an internal audit trail. If you need to verify the license for a specific track (for example, for your own compliance audit), contact hello@reelshowing.com with the track title and we can provide the license reference.
Music you upload yourself
When you upload your own audio file, you affirm in our app that you own the rights or hold a valid license to use it commercially in videos you produce and publish. ReelShowing does not verify the rights status of user-uploaded audio — that responsibility is yours.
What you can safely upload
- Music you composed or recorded yourself.
- Music in the public domain (be careful: a specific recording may be in copyright even if the underlying composition is not).
- Music you have a written commercial license for (for example, a paid stock-music subscription or a one-off purchase that explicitly covers commercial video use).
- Music that explicitly grants commercial-use rights (for example, Creative Commons CC0 or CC-BY tracks — honor any attribution requirements yourself in your published video or its description).
What you should NOT upload
- Songs from streaming services or commercial radio. Even short clips will be flagged by Content ID.
- Music you downloaded from a free-for-personal-use site (these are almost never licensed for commercial video).
- Music whose license forbids modification or embedding in video (some Creative Commons licenses, e.g., CC-BY-ND).
- Music from a stock library whose license restricts the kind of project you’re using it in (some libraries allow YouTube videos but not paid ads).
If you publish a rendered video that uses unauthorized music, the publishing platform will hold you accountable, not ReelShowing. Content ID claims, monetization redirection, and account strikes happen on your social media accounts, and the original rights holder may pursue you directly.
If a rights holder contacts us
If we receive a valid takedown notice covering audio in your account — whether it’s a track from our library or one you uploaded — we will remove the affected content under our DMCA Policy. Repeated valid notices will result in account termination.
Questions
Email hello@reelshowing.com with any questions about music licensing on ReelShowing.