You Should Know About Music and Fair Use 2025

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So even when you use 30 seconds or less of a song, the other factors could come down against Fair Use. Also, the Supreme Court has said that a copyright infringement can take place even where the use is minimal if the use takes the heart of the work.
Ignore Heading Content The Transformative Factor: The Purpose and Character of Your Use. The Nature of the Copyrighted Work. The Amount and Substantiality of the Portion Taken. The Effect of the Use Upon the Potential Market. The Fifth Fair Use Factor: Are You Good or Bad?
There are no limits on using music in Stories, or traditional musical performances (example: filming a live artist or band performing their own music). The more full-length recorded tracks in your video, the more likely the video may be limited (example: muted or blocked). Shorter clips of music are recommended.
There are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentage of a work.
In its most general sense, fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and transformative purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner.

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If youd like to legally license music to use in your Instagram videos, youll need to either proceed one of three ways: Only use music that youve written and recorded yourself. Reach out to artists directly and negotiate a way to use their music for certain uses.
Unfortunately, there is no clear guideline stating that the use of copyrighted music on Instagram is legally permissible if you only use 5, 15, or 30 seconds of music. Any use of copyrighted music without proper permission is considered copyright infringement under U.S. copyright law.
No, you need permission or a license to use copyrighted music, even if you have no monetary gain and even if you give credit.

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