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A commercial license for your podcast music
Music you generate in Cast comes with a commercial license on Plus and Max, and every export made on those plans carries its own license record — the document you point at if a platform, a client or a rights holder asks where the music came from.
Free music is only free until someone asks
The question never arrives while you are editing. It arrives after publication — from a platform reviewing monetized content, from a client’s legal team, from a rights holder doing a sweep. And it is always the same question: where did this music come from, and what allows you to use it?
Most answers to that question are indirect: a subscription you hope is still active, a terms-of-service page that has changed since you exported, a screenshot of a checkout. Cast’s answer is direct: the track was generated for this episode, inside the tool, and here is its license record.
The license is a file, not a paragraph in our terms
Each export made on Plus or Max bundles one certificate per generated music or sound-effect track — a PDF in the download ZIP, next to the audio it covers. Past exports keep theirs on the Exports page, so the record survives even if the downloaded file does not.
That is the whole design: the proof travels with the episode, not with your account status.
- License record with every export
- Creator commercial license (Plus & Max)
- Covers podcast platforms, YouTube and client channels
What it covers — and what it honestly does not
The commercial license covers music and sound effects generated in Cast, published on podcast platforms, YouTube or a client’s channel — including sponsored and ad-supported shows. Generate the music on Plus or above and the license travels with the export.
Two things it does not do, said plainly: it does not cover music you upload yourself — third-party tracks are yours to clear — and it does not exist on Free and Lite, where generated music is for non-commercial use. And no license, ours included, can promise that no platform will ever raise a question; what ours does is give you the answer on file.
FAQ
01Is the music licensed for commercial use?
Yes — music you generate in Cast comes with a commercial license on Plus and Max, and every export made on those plans carries its own license record. Free music is only free until a platform, a client or a rights holder asks where it came from; here you have the answer on file. (Free and Lite have no commercial license, and music you upload yourself is yours to clear.)
Read more →02Where do I find the license record after exporting?
On the Exports page. Every export you have made is listed there and can be downloaded again — with its license PDFs bundled in, if it was made on a licensed plan — so losing the downloaded file never means re-rendering the episode.
Read more →03Which plans include the commercial license?
Editing is never metered and never watermarked: transcription, filler and pause removal, noise removal, captions and audio export cost zero credits on every plan, including Free. Credits buy generation (music and SFX); the uploads allowance caps how much audio you bring in. Free: 100 credits, 60 min, MP3 128k. Lite: 700, 10 hrs, MP3 320k. Plus: 2,750, 25 hrs, WAV, stems, commercial license. Max: 6,500, unlimited, broadcast (EBU R128).
Read more →04What about music I upload myself?
Upload it on the Upload page, tagging it as Music, and it lands in your Library. From there you can put it on a music lane in the Main Editor — either by picking it from the Library, or by using Replace on an existing music clip.
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