Custom Song Copyright and Licensing: What You Actually Own

This is the question we get most often after the song is delivered. “Can I post it on Instagram?” Yes. “Can I play it at my wedding?” Yes. “Can I use it in an ad for my business?” That is a different conversation. There is a clean line between personal use and commercial use, and a lot of clients have never had to think about it before because they have never owned a piece of original music.

Here is how it actually works for songs you order from DiCustomSong, in plain language and without the legal fog.

What You Get When You Buy a Custom Song

When your custom song is delivered, you receive a 2 to 3 minute studio-produced track as a high-quality MP3 via a private listening link, with lifetime access. Pricing starts at ₹1,499 for standard 7-day delivery. You are paying for the right to use this specific recording for your personal life. That covers almost everything our customers actually want to do.

Personal Use: What Is Clearly Included

You own the song for personal use. In practice, this means:

• Playing it at your own family events, weddings, sangeet, birthdays, anniversaries
• Sharing it with family and friends over WhatsApp, AirDrop or any private channel
• Posting it on your personal social media accounts as part of a personal video or reel
• Using it as background music in a personal slideshow or video gift
• Keeping it on your phone, laptop and cloud storage for the rest of your life
• Playing it on the speakers at your home, your office cabin, your car
• Sharing the listening link with the person the song was made for

All of this is included in the price you paid. You do not need any further permission from us. You do not need to credit DiCustomSong, although we appreciate it when clients do.

Commercial Use: A Separate Conversation

Commercial use means situations where the song is being used to make money or to promote a paying business. Examples that fall on this side of the line include:

• Using the song in a brand advertisement or marketing video
• Selling the song on streaming platforms like Spotify or YouTube Music for your own profit
• Including the song in a paid product, like a wedding planning package you sell
• Using it as background music in a paid film, TV show or web series
• Licensing it to someone else for their commercial project
• Using it in your business’s paid social media advertising

None of these are blocked. They are simply outside the personal-use scope of the standard order. If you want to use the song commercially, write to us on the contact page and we will work out a licensing arrangement. The cost depends on what you want to do, where it will run, and for how long.

Why the Line Exists

Original music has real value. The lyric was written for you, the melody composed for you, the production hours went into your file. That work is worth more if it is powering a business than if it is surprising your mother on her birthday. The base price of ₹1,499 is built around the assumption that this is a personal gift. If it becomes a commercial asset, the value shifts and so does the price.

This is how the music industry runs. You buy a song for personal listening. If you want to use it in your ad, you pay for a separate sync licence. We just keep the conversation simpler.

What We Do Not Do

We do not register your song with copyright societies on your behalf. We do not submit it to Spotify or Apple Music for you. We do not chase down people who repost your song. These services exist but are outside the standard order. We also do not claim ongoing creative ownership of your song once it is delivered.

Confidentiality, Not Just Copyright

Separately from copyright, every story you share is kept strictly confidential. We do not use your story in our marketing without explicit written permission. Personal details that go into your song stay in your song.

In Practice

For most of the songs we deliver, personal use is exactly what the customer wanted. Sharing with family. Posting at the function. Keeping it forever. If that is your use case, the ₹1,499 price gives you everything you need.

If you have a commercial idea in mind, even a modest one, send us a note on the contact page before you order on the create page and we will scope the licensing together.