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Pixabay has royalty free music you can use for free

205 points by schleck8 4y ago

Tijdreiziger 4y ago
Related: Openverse https://wordpress.org/openverse/ https://wordpress.org/openverse/ (formerly CC Search) NoCopyrightSounds https://ncs.io/ https://ncs.io/ Dova-Syndrome https://dova-s.jp/EN/ https://dova-s.jp/EN/ Incompetech https://incompetech.com/ https://incompetech.com/
rambambram 4y ago
Didn't know that about Pixabay, but very nice. I have been looking for music to accompany some videos of mine. In the past I used https://www.bensound.com https://www.bensound.com for some nice tunes. Have been using Pixabay for ages for beautiful high-res photos. Thanks Pixabay!
traceroute66 4y ago
The devil is in the detail as they say. Pixbay is verry waffly on what is and is not permitted[1], and in their "conclusion" they basically wash their hands of the risk, putting the onus back on the user: Understand that Pixabay images can be used in many instances without asking permission from the image author. However, it is your responsibility, to make sure the depicted content (persons, logos, designs, property, etc.) is suitable for your use and does not infringe any rights. Meanwhile, somewhere like Getty gives a clear warranty that using their Royalty-Free content will not infringe on rights[1]: For licensed royalty-free content (excluding content marked “editorial” or “intended for editorial”), Getty Images warrants that your use of such content in accordance with this agreement and in the form delivered by Getty Images (that is, excluding any modifications, overlays or refocusing done by you) will not infringe on any trademark or other intellectual property right, and will not violate any right of privacy or right of publicity. [1] https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/pixabay-license-what-is-allowed-and-what-is-not--4/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/pixabay-license-what-is-allow... [2] https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/eula https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/eula
- birdyrooster 4y ago
  Lol so it’s a search engine masquerading as a royalty free media site
  - Thorrez 4y ago
    Is it a search engine searching other sites, or is it just searching stuff that its own users uploaded?
    - selcuka 4y ago
      Is there really a difference? Instead of using automated spiders it asks users to do the crawling. Is Pinterest not a search engine for images?
      - Thorrez 4y ago
        Is any significant percent of the stuff uploaded there uploaded by people who didn't have the copyright?
- deleted 4y ago
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- dannyw 4y ago
  (Disclosure: I work for Canva, the parent company of Pixabay). Pixabay does offer a legally binding license to you, written here: https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license > Under the Pixabay License you are granted an irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and royalty free right to use, download, copy, modify or adapt the Content for commercial or non-commercial purposes. Attribution of the photographer, videographer, musician or Pixabay is not required but is always appreciated. (subject to exclusions, you should read in the license) Of course, being a free stock library, Pixabay isn't able to offer specific warranties beyond the provided rights, like Getty's paid offering. The same way an open source project isn't going to come with support that you'd get from licensing an Oracle product.
chaosprint 4y ago
Can I use the music for YouTube vlogs?
- sysadm1n 4y ago
  I don't expect a copyright match using these. But if you do get one, consider the site flawed since the music is supposed to be royalty free, gratis and absent of copyright
  - dannyw 4y ago
    Actually, if you do get one, you should be able to clear it with a Pixabay License certificate: https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-content-id-claim-with-a-pix-190/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-conten... (Disclosure: I work for Canva, the parent company of Pixabay).
    - jqvincent16 4y ago
      You should put a warning on each track. When I first started trying Pixabay the only message for any given track was "Crediting isn't required, but linking back is greatly appreciated and allows music authors to gain exposure." There's nothing warning users that they will more than likely be hit with a copyright notice and will have to follow some specific steps to get around it. That's pretty annoying.
sidedishes 4y ago
Related is Kevin MacLeod [1]'s music [2], who you've almost -certainly- heard before. He has thousands of royalty-free CC music and has become deeply entrenched in (at least my perception of) early 2010s internet BGM. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacLeod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacLeod [2] https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/ https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/
- Andrex 4y ago
  Imagine my surprise when I saw Incompetech credited in every episode of Last Podcast on the Left. I credited them in a short film about 7 years ago and it was surreal seeing it pop up again.
dannyking 4y ago
There's also the YouTube channel AudioLibraryFreeMusic that has a lot of high quality songs that are apparently safe to use, even for commerical use. https://m.youtube.com/c/AudioLibraryFreeMusic/featured https://m.youtube.com/c/AudioLibraryFreeMusic/featured
hedora 4y ago
Here's a list of sites from the creative commons. Music for use in videos: https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture/arts-culture-resources/legalmusicforvideos/ https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture... Music communities: https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture/arts-culture-resources/music-communities/ https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture... If you're doing audio postprocessing, I suggest listening to this excellent podcast tutorial. https://www.drabblecast.org/tag/relaunch-prelaunch/ https://www.drabblecast.org/tag/relaunch-prelaunch/ It's the second to last episode: Inside Drabblecast Audio. Have fun! (I have no affiliation with the Drabblecast; it is one of my favorite fiction podcasts, and has great audio production quality.)
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afrcnc 4y ago
not that great, though
abetusk 4y ago
Free being 'gratis' in this case. There are additional licensing terms that make it non-libre/non-open/non-free (as in freedom) [0]. Finding quality libre or public domain art remains difficult. Here are a few resources that I've found: Archive.org - https://archive.org/ https://archive.org/ FOSsil Bank Art(Libre) - http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/category:art-libre http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/category:art-libre Flickr British Library - https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums Artnome - https://www.artnome.com/art-data https://www.artnome.com/art-data Comic Book Plus - https://comicbookplus.com/ https://comicbookplus.com/ (public domain comics) And of course, Wikipedia has libre-licensed art. I'm a little embarrassed but PublicDomainPictures and PublicDomainVectors is also a go-to resource for me. [0] https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license
mdoms 4y ago
Ah so this is where all of that terrible Kickstarter pitch video music comes from.
dchest 4y ago
Used a music from Pixabay on a YouTube video, had a copyright claim from the author. (Apparently there's a process to clear it: https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-content-id-claim-with-a-pix-190/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-conten...)
- arthurcolle 4y ago
  How did your process go, old sport?
  - dchest 4y ago
    "Good news! After reviewing your dispute, [...] has decided to release their copyright claim on your YouTube video."
- jqvincent16 4y ago
  Same thing here. I got hit from several pixabay tracks. It seems like bullshit if you're going to get a copyright claim unless you jump through this long list of hoops. Royalty free should be just that, with no strings attached.
webmaven 4y ago
MorgueFile is another decent source: https://morguefile.com/ https://morguefile.com/
danbmil99 4y ago
Roll-your-own-license rather than Creative Commons? https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license
ChrisArchitect 4y ago
This is new? Feels like spam 2020 https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/announcing-pixabay-music-179/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/announcing-pixabay-music-179/ There a number of other stock photo/video sites that began offering this kind of thing in the last 5 years also. Vimeo comes to mind.

205 points by schleck8 4y ago

Related: Openverse https://wordpress.org/openverse/ https://wordpress.org/openverse/ (formerly CC Search) NoCopyrightSounds https://ncs.io/ https://ncs.io/ Dova-Syndrome https://dova-s.jp/EN/ https://dova-s.jp/EN/ Incompetech https://incompetech.com/ https://incompetech.com/

rambambram 4y ago

Didn't know that about Pixabay, but very nice. I have been looking for music to accompany some videos of mine. In the past I used https://www.bensound.com https://www.bensound.com for some nice tunes. Have been using Pixabay for ages for beautiful high-res photos. Thanks Pixabay!

traceroute66 4y ago

The devil is in the detail as they say. Pixbay is verry waffly on what is and is not permitted[1], and in their "conclusion" they basically wash their hands of the risk, putting the onus back on the user: Understand that Pixabay images can be used in many instances without asking permission from the image author. However, it is your responsibility, to make sure the depicted content (persons, logos, designs, property, etc.) is suitable for your use and does not infringe any rights. Meanwhile, somewhere like Getty gives a clear warranty that using their Royalty-Free content will not infringe on rights[1]: For licensed royalty-free content (excluding content marked “editorial” or “intended for editorial”), Getty Images warrants that your use of such content in accordance with this agreement and in the form delivered by Getty Images (that is, excluding any modifications, overlays or refocusing done by you) will not infringe on any trademark or other intellectual property right, and will not violate any right of privacy or right of publicity. [1] https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/pixabay-license-what-is-allowed-and-what-is-not--4/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/pixabay-license-what-is-allow... [2] https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/eula https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/eula

birdyrooster 4y ago
Lol so it’s a search engine masquerading as a royalty free media site
- Thorrez 4y ago
  Is it a search engine searching other sites, or is it just searching stuff that its own users uploaded?
  - selcuka 4y ago
    Is there really a difference? Instead of using automated spiders it asks users to do the crawling. Is Pinterest not a search engine for images?
    - Thorrez 4y ago
      Is any significant percent of the stuff uploaded there uploaded by people who didn't have the copyright?
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dannyw 4y ago
(Disclosure: I work for Canva, the parent company of Pixabay). Pixabay does offer a legally binding license to you, written here: https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license > Under the Pixabay License you are granted an irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and royalty free right to use, download, copy, modify or adapt the Content for commercial or non-commercial purposes. Attribution of the photographer, videographer, musician or Pixabay is not required but is always appreciated. (subject to exclusions, you should read in the license) Of course, being a free stock library, Pixabay isn't able to offer specific warranties beyond the provided rights, like Getty's paid offering. The same way an open source project isn't going to come with support that you'd get from licensing an Oracle product.

chaosprint 4y ago

Can I use the music for YouTube vlogs?

sysadm1n 4y ago
I don't expect a copyright match using these. But if you do get one, consider the site flawed since the music is supposed to be royalty free, gratis and absent of copyright
- dannyw 4y ago
  Actually, if you do get one, you should be able to clear it with a Pixabay License certificate: https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-content-id-claim-with-a-pix-190/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-conten... (Disclosure: I work for Canva, the parent company of Pixabay).
  - jqvincent16 4y ago
    You should put a warning on each track. When I first started trying Pixabay the only message for any given track was "Crediting isn't required, but linking back is greatly appreciated and allows music authors to gain exposure." There's nothing warning users that they will more than likely be hit with a copyright notice and will have to follow some specific steps to get around it. That's pretty annoying.

sidedishes 4y ago

Related is Kevin MacLeod [1]'s music [2], who you've almost -certainly- heard before. He has thousands of royalty-free CC music and has become deeply entrenched in (at least my perception of) early 2010s internet BGM. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacLeod https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_MacLeod [2] https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/ https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/

Andrex 4y ago
Imagine my surprise when I saw Incompetech credited in every episode of Last Podcast on the Left. I credited them in a short film about 7 years ago and it was surreal seeing it pop up again.

dannyking 4y ago

There's also the YouTube channel AudioLibraryFreeMusic that has a lot of high quality songs that are apparently safe to use, even for commerical use. https://m.youtube.com/c/AudioLibraryFreeMusic/featured https://m.youtube.com/c/AudioLibraryFreeMusic/featured

hedora 4y ago

Here's a list of sites from the creative commons. Music for use in videos: https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture/arts-culture-resources/legalmusicforvideos/ https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture... Music communities: https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture/arts-culture-resources/music-communities/ https://creativecommons.org/about/program-areas/arts-culture... If you're doing audio postprocessing, I suggest listening to this excellent podcast tutorial. https://www.drabblecast.org/tag/relaunch-prelaunch/ https://www.drabblecast.org/tag/relaunch-prelaunch/ It's the second to last episode: Inside Drabblecast Audio. Have fun! (I have no affiliation with the Drabblecast; it is one of my favorite fiction podcasts, and has great audio production quality.)

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afrcnc 4y ago

not that great, though

abetusk 4y ago

Free being 'gratis' in this case. There are additional licensing terms that make it non-libre/non-open/non-free (as in freedom) [0]. Finding quality libre or public domain art remains difficult. Here are a few resources that I've found: Archive.org - https://archive.org/ https://archive.org/ FOSsil Bank Art(Libre) - http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/category:art-libre http://fossilbank.wikidot.com/category:art-libre Flickr British Library - https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums https://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/albums Artnome - https://www.artnome.com/art-data https://www.artnome.com/art-data Comic Book Plus - https://comicbookplus.com/ https://comicbookplus.com/ (public domain comics) And of course, Wikipedia has libre-licensed art. I'm a little embarrassed but PublicDomainPictures and PublicDomainVectors is also a go-to resource for me. [0] https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license

mdoms 4y ago

Ah so this is where all of that terrible Kickstarter pitch video music comes from.

dchest 4y ago

Used a music from Pixabay on a YouTube video, had a copyright claim from the author. (Apparently there's a process to clear it: https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-content-id-claim-with-a-pix-190/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/how-to-clear-a-youtube-conten...)

arthurcolle 4y ago
How did your process go, old sport?
- dchest 4y ago
  "Good news! After reviewing your dispute, [...] has decided to release their copyright claim on your YouTube video."
jqvincent16 4y ago
Same thing here. I got hit from several pixabay tracks. It seems like bullshit if you're going to get a copyright claim unless you jump through this long list of hoops. Royalty free should be just that, with no strings attached.

webmaven 4y ago

MorgueFile is another decent source: https://morguefile.com/ https://morguefile.com/

danbmil99 4y ago

Roll-your-own-license rather than Creative Commons? https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license https://pixabay.com/service/terms/#license

ChrisArchitect 4y ago

This is new? Feels like spam 2020 https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/announcing-pixabay-music-179/ https://pixabay.com/blog/posts/announcing-pixabay-music-179/ There a number of other stock photo/video sites that began offering this kind of thing in the last 5 years also. Vimeo comes to mind.