The AUP prohibits using stock audio clips as musical themes or jingles, prohibits their use in international television advertising campaigns by entities with annual revenues exceeding one billion US dollars, and restricts remixing or alteration to basic editing functions such as setting start and stop points.
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These restrictions establish specific commercial and revenue-based thresholds for permissible stock audio use, with the billion-dollar revenue threshold creating a differentiated permission structure for large enterprise users in international advertising contexts.
Under these clauses, users are prohibited from deploying stock audio as branded musical themes or jingles and from using stock audio in international television advertising if the user entity's annual revenues exceed one billion dollars. Alteration of stock audio beyond basic start and stop point editing is also prohibited.
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Compare across platforms →"Using stock audio clips as musical themes or jingles in connection with any products or services. Using stock audio clips in international television advertising campaigns if by or on behalf of an entity with annual revenues of more than one billion dollars (US$1,000,000,000). Remixing or altering sock audio clips, except that for basic editing (e.g., setting start/stop points, and determining fade-in/fade-out points).Excerpt from Synthesia's Acceptable Use Policy
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: These restrictions engage copyright and music licensing law in the US, EU, and UK, as stock audio licenses typically impose commercial use restrictions that vary by use case and scale.
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These restrictions establish specific commercial and revenue-based thresholds for permissible stock audio use, with the billion-dollar revenue threshold creating a differentiated permission structure for large enterprise users in international advertising contexts.
Under these clauses, users are prohibited from deploying stock audio as branded musical themes or jingles and from using stock audio in international television advertising if the user entity's annual revenues exceed one billion dollars. Alteration of stock audio beyond basic start and stop point editing is also prohibited.
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