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What a Splice licence actually lets you do, what it does not cover, and why royalty-free and claim-free are different things.
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- Is Splice Royalty Free? What the License Actually Lets You DoYes. Splice grants a royalty-free license for every sound you download from Splice Sounds, so you keep 100% of the royalties on the finished song and Splice takes no cut and no ownership.
- Can You Sell Beats Made With Splice Samples?Yes. Selling beats and instrumentals made with Splice Sounds is explicitly permitted, whether you lease them, sell exclusives, or release them yourself, and Splice takes no cut of the sale.
- Do You Keep Your Splice Sounds If You Cancel the Subscription?Yes. Splice states that sounds you have downloaded remain covered under the license granted to you at the time of download even if you cancel or pause your Splice Sounds subscription.
- Will Splice Loops Get Your Video Copyright Claimed on YouTube?A licensed Splice loop can still trigger a YouTube Content ID claim, because Content ID matches audio fingerprints and has no knowledge of licences.
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