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Music rights and licence

Last updated 21 September 2026

As between you and Lyro, the tracks you make are yours: we claim no rights in them, and every paid plan includes a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free licence to use them commercially. What we cannot promise is that copyright protects a track, because in some countries music generated entirely by AI is not protected. We also do not promise that a track is original, so check it before you release it.

This page is a plain-English guide. It is not legal advice and it is not legally binding wording. The binding version is in sections 14 to 18 of the terms of service.

1. What you get: the licence

You get a licence, which means permission, to use your tracks for almost anything, including for money.

  • As between you and us, you own whatever rights exist in your tracks. We claim none.
  • We grant you a worldwide, perpetual, royalty-free licence to use your tracks commercially. You can release them on streaming services, use them in videos, adverts, games and podcasts, perform them and sell them.
  • Royalty-free means that you owe us nothing beyond your subscription, however much a track earns. It does not mean that nobody else could ever make a claim about a track (section 2).
  • Every paid plan includes the licence: Starter, Creator, and Teams and Ads. It also covers tracks that you make with top-up credits after a plan has ended.
  • Perpetual means that it lasts. It continues after you cancel, for the tracks you have made. It also continues after we delete our copy of a track, which the terms allow 30 days after your account stops being active, so download the tracks you care about.
  • Downloads are never counted or capped.

The licence is subject to our terms and to our model providers' terms. In practice that means following the acceptable use policy. A track made or used in breach of it is not covered.

2. What we do not promise

We do not promise copyright protection, originality, exclusivity or acceptance by a platform.

  • Copyright protection. We cannot tell you that the law will treat a track as protected by copyright, or that you can stop other people from copying it.
  • Originality. AI output can resemble existing music, voices or lyrics. We do not warrant that a track is original or that it does not infringe someone else's rights. We give no indemnity, which means that we do not cover your costs if someone makes a claim about a track.
  • Exclusivity. Another user could receive similar output, and may use theirs.
  • Acceptance. We cannot promise that a distributor or a platform will take a track.

Because the law does not promise it, at least not everywhere.

  • United States. The US Copyright Office report "Copyright and Artificial Intelligence, Part 2: Copyrightability" (29 January 2025) concluded that works generated entirely by AI are not copyrightable and that prompts alone are not enough. Elements that a person wrote, and a person's selection, arrangement and modification of material, can be protected. Source: US Copyright Office, Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.
  • United Kingdom. Section 9(3) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 protects computer-generated works. But the Government's March 2026 report on copyright and AI said that this protection should be removed. The law is under review, so do not build a plan on it.
  • Elsewhere. The rules differ from country to country and they are changing. If copyright in a track matters to your business, ask a lawyer in the country that matters to you.

4. How your own contribution changes the picture

What you create yourself is yours in the usual way, and using AI around it does not change that.

  • Your lyrics. Lyrics that you wrote are yours. Lyrics from our lyric writer that you have not changed are AI output.
  • Your vocal. A vocal that you recorded is your performance and your recording.
  • Your beat. A beat that you made and brought into Lyro stays yours.
  • Your arrangement and edits. Choosing, cutting, arranging and mixing parts in the studio is human work. The US Copyright Office says that human selection, arrangement and modification can be protected. How much is enough depends on the facts.

The more of you there is in a track, the stronger your position. Keep your drafts, recordings and project files as a record of what you contributed.

5. Releasing your music

Your licence from us allows release. Whether a distributor or a platform accepts the track is their decision, and their rules change, so check the current policy before you upload. A distributor is the service that delivers your music to streaming platforms and stores.

  • Distributor policies differ, and some reject music that is fully AI-generated.
  • Deezer tags AI tracks.
  • Spotify has no ban on AI music and supports voluntary AI disclosure in the credits. It bans impersonation and spam.
  • TikTok requires labels on realistic AI-generated content.

We checked these points on 21 September 2026. When a distributor or a platform asks whether a track was made with AI, say so. Our guide Can you monetise AI music? keeps a current list.

6. Labels and watermarks

Your tracks are marked as AI-generated in two ways, and the marks must stay.

  • SynthID. Output from Google Lyria 3 Pro carries Google's SynthID watermark. It is an inaudible signal inside the audio that lets software detect that the audio was AI-generated.
  • The ID3 tag. An ID3 tag is the block of data in an audio file that holds details such as the title. Every download of generated audio carries a tag that declares the track AI-generated and names Lyro and the model, in a form that software can read.
  • The law. Article 50 of the EU AI Act applies from 2 August 2026. It sets transparency duties for AI-generated content, including marking that machines can read.

Do not remove or hide the watermark or the tag. If you edit a file, convert it or export a mix from the studio, the tag may not carry over. The duty to disclose AI use then stays with you.

7. Using other people's material

Do not. Lyro is for making your own music, and the licence covers nothing that you took from someone else.

  • Do not upload a vocal, a beat or a sample that you have no rights to, even if you plan to change it. Use the stem splitter on your own material or on material you have licensed.
  • Do not name a real artist, band or song as a style target. Describe the sound instead.
  • Do not clone or imitate a real person's voice without their documented consent.
  • Do not paste in lyrics that someone else wrote.

If you upload material that infringes, the claim is yours to answer, under section 14 of the terms. Rights holders can use the copyright and takedowns page.

8. Questions people ask

Who owns the music I make on Lyro?

As between you and us, you do. We claim no rights in your tracks and we license you everything we can. What we cannot promise is that the law protects a fully AI-generated track with copyright. Section 3 explains why.

Can I put my tracks on Spotify, YouTube or TikTok and earn money?

Our licence allows it on every paid plan. Each platform and distributor has its own rules about AI music, and some distributors do not accept it, so check before you upload and disclose AI use where they ask.

Do I keep my tracks and the licence if I cancel?

You keep the licence: it is perpetual for the tracks you have made. The files are a separate matter. Your library is kept while your account is active, which means while it has a plan or unused top-up credits, and for 30 days after that. We remind you by email and in the app 30, 7 and 1 days before the deletion date, and then the library is deleted. Downloads are never capped, so download the tracks you care about.

Can someone else end up with the same track?

It is possible. AI models can give similar output to different people, and the licence is not exclusive in that sense. Your own lyrics, vocal and edits make a track more clearly yours.

What happens if someone says my track copies theirs?

You would have to deal with that claim. We do not warrant that output is original and we give no indemnity. Listen for close resemblance before you release, and do not release a track that worries you.

Can I register copyright in a track?

The UK has no copyright register. In the United States, the Copyright Office registers only human authorship, so a claim would have to be limited to what you contributed. For anything beyond that, ask a lawyer.

Is this page legal advice?

No. It explains our terms and the public sources we rely on. For a decision that matters, speak to a lawyer who knows music and the country you care about.