License Receive Updates For This Category

Definitely. You are providing your music to us on a non-exclusive basis (except as otherwise provided in a separate agreement between you and Getty Images), and are not prevented from making other uses of your music. In certain cases, a customer may want to have the exclusive right to use the music for a particular

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Customers can do a number of different things with your music, depending on the type of license they purchase.  In some cases, they will have the right only to synchronize your music with program material for a specific job and for a set period of time. Examples include a one-year use as background music for

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Getty Images doesn’t actually sell your music track, because you always retain ownership of the copyright. Instead, we “license” the rights to the buyer for use of your track. Licensing is similar to leasing. Your ownership of the track does not change and a licensing fee is paid for the rights to use the track

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Getty Images Music will grant a license to a customer for a particular track or set of tracks in a defined way (i.e., Internet, TV, etc., single-use, multi-use, subscription or blanket, etc.). The customer will report to and pay Getty Images, either at the time of licensing (for traditional “needle-drop” licenses) or when later downloaded

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Our customers use music in every kind of production including: television, radio, Internet, film and other media. Customers either call us, use a Getty Images supplied production hard drive or search on www.gettyimages.com/music to find the music they are looking for. Possible uses include commercials, promotional spots, background music on a television show, motion pictures,

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You give us the right to license your songs on a non-exclusive basis (except as otherwise provided in a separate agreement between you and Getty Images) to any of our production or media customers worldwide, at a license fee determined by Getty Images. You agree to keep your music in the catalog for a minimum

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The name of the customer that licenses your track is provided on the royalty statements in most cases. Due to limitations with our existing reporting systems, usage information may not always be complete or available on the royalty statement. However, if you would like to request end use details on a specific license, please sign

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Due to the high volume of licenses and placements of material on a monthly basis, we are unable to notify you before a customer starts using the track they have licensed. For broadcast uses, many times we do not receive cue sheets from our customers until well after the production has aired. Your royalty statement

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