{"id":4581,"date":"2026-04-19T02:21:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/ufaq\/are-the-songs-on-this-site-copyright-free-or-in-the-public-domain\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T02:21:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T17:21:16","slug":"are-the-songs-on-this-site-copyright-free-or-in-the-public-domain","status":"publish","type":"ufaq","link":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/en\/ufaq\/are-the-songs-on-this-site-copyright-free-or-in-the-public-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Are the songs on this site copyright free or in the public domain?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-list ewd-ufaq-page-type-distinct ewd-ufaq-category-tabs-\" id='ewd-ufaq-faq-list'>\n\n\t<input type='hidden' name='show_on_load' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-show-on-load' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='include_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-include-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='exclude_category' value='' id='ewd-ufaq-exclude-category' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='orderby' value='title' id='ewd-ufaq-orderby' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='order' value='asc' id='ewd-ufaq-order' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='post_count' value='-1' id='ewd-ufaq-post-count' \/>\n<input type='hidden' name='current_url' value='\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/4581' id='ewd-ufaq-current-url' \/>\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faqs'>\n\n\t\t<div  class=\"ewd-ufaq-faq-div ewd-ufaq-faq-column-count-one ewd-ufaq-faq-responsive-columns- ewd-ufaq-faq-display-style-default ewd-ufaq-can-be-toggled\" id='ewd-ufaq-post-4581-euIDy0JZiY' data-post_id='4581'>\n\n\t\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title ewd-ufaq-faq-toggle'>\n\t\n\t<a class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin'  href='#' role=\"button\">\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin-symbol ewd-ufaq-'>\n\t\t\t<span >A<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-title-text'>\n\n\t\t\t<h4>\n\t\t\t\tAre the songs on this site copyright free or in the public domain?\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-clear'><\/div>\n\n\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-faq-body' >\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class='ewd-ufaq-post-margin ewd-ufaq-faq-post'>\n\t\n<p>No, it is neither.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Japanese law as of 2023, authors cannot relinquish their copyrights and put them into the common property of society (authors cannot put them into the public domain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, even if a music distribution site operating in Japan declares that its product is &#8220;copyright free&#8221;, it is still in a state of &#8220;the author owns the copyright, but it can be used free of charge under certain conditions&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, the songs that are distributed on this site are neither &#8220;copyright free&#8221; nor &#8220;in the public domain&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/en\/terms\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1903\">Terms of Use<\/a> for details.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Are the songs on this site copyright free or in the public domain? No, it is neither. Un&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/?post_type=sp_faq&p=360","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[]},"ufaq-category":[7],"ufaq-tag":[],"class_list":["post-4581","ufaq","type-ufaq","status-publish","hentry","ufaq-category-about-tos","en-US","clearfix"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq\/4581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ufaq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ufaq-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-category?post=4581"},{"taxonomy":"ufaq-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nerve-noise.space\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ufaq-tag?post=4581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}