ElevenLabs Music rights, commercial use offer by offer
ElevenLabs Music rights: according to the updated musical terms on October 9, 2026, you retain your rights to your releases. What you can do with them depends on your offer. Streaming is only allowed from the Creator offer.
Film, television, radio, and "Studio" games are reserved for the Enterprise Music offer. This page summarizes the rules, highlights contradictions between official documents, and provides concrete examples.
Contents
- The essentials in six points
- ElevenLabs Music rights and limits, offer by offer
- Free offer: Divergent official documents
- ElevenLabs Music copyright: Who owns what?
- The pitfalls that trap creators
- Four concrete examples
- Termination, marketplace, and model versions
- Reporting AI: It's up to you
- Method: Your file before publishing
- What TuneLockr Does, and Does Not Do
- FAQ ElevenLabs Music
The essentials in six points
- Ownership: "you retain any and all rights in and to your Input and Output", in your dealings with ElevenLabs (section 2.2 of the musical terms).
- Streaming: prohibited in Free and Starter, allowed from Creator.
- Attribution: required only in Free, in a form similar to "Created in collaboration with ElevenLabs".
- Exclusive uses until Enterprise Music Lite: film, television, radio, and "Studio" games.
- Prohibited: naming an artist, title, or label in the prompt, creating a music library, reselling the model.
- After termination: an output remains subject to the offer in effect at the time of creation.
ElevenLabs Music rights and limits, offer by offer
The table summarizes Appendix A of the ElevenLabs Music terms, consulted on November 4, 2026. Download minutes are monthly.
| Offer | Eligibility | Downloads | Streaming | Attribution | Commercial uses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Individual use | Not allowed | Prohibited | Required | Online and offline, except film, TV, radio, Studio games |
| Originalität im französischen Urheberrecht bedeutet nicht "neu" oder "unveröffentlicht" im üblichen Sinn. Es bedeutet, dass das Werk | Individual use | 30 min | Prohibited | No | Same |
| Creator | Individual use | 250 min | Allowed | No | Same |
| Pro | Individual use | 500 min, high quality | Allowed | No | Same |
| Scale | Fewer than 10 employees | 1,500 min | Allowed | No | Same |
| Business | Fewer than 50 employees | 4,000 min | Allowed | No | Same |
| Enterprise Music Lite | No indicated limit | Custom | Allowed | No | Same |
| Enterprise Music | No indicated limit | Custom | Allowed | No | All online and offline uses |
On the same date, ElevenLabs' Music page displayed these monthly rates: Free $0, Starter $6, Creator $22, Pro $99. High-quality downloads (lossless WAV) start at the Pro offer, according to the terms.
Free offer: Divergent official documents
This is the most delicate point. The musical terms of October 9, 2026, indicate for Free an online and offline commercial use, with attribution. However, they exclude downloads and streaming.
Yet thehelp center article states that the free offer "does not include a commercial license". It also asks to indicate "elevenlabs.io" or "11.ai" in the title, or "Eleven Music" for music.
The Music page summarizes Free as "Personal use only". Finally, the Music v2.5 post (September 2026) mentions five lossless downloads per day in Free in the ElevenMusic app.
Our prudent advice: treat the free offer as a trial space. For any exploitation, switch to a suitable paid offer and save a dated copy of the applicable terms.
ElevenLabs Music copyright: Who owns what?
The phrase "you retain any and all rights" governs the contractual relationship with ElevenLabs. It doesn't say the law grants you copyright on a generated piece.
In France, thearticle L111-1 of the Intellectual Property Code protects the author of a creative work. Judges generally look for the imprint of a human author's personality.
In the United States, the Copyright Office report of January 29, 2025 considers that prompts alone are not enough. However, your lyrics, a sung melody, a reworked arrangement can be protected, depending on the case.
Hence the interest in documenting contributions on an AI-assisted song, version after version.
The pitfalls that trap creators
- Prompts: no artist names, author, title, album, publisher, or label, nor long excerpts of lyrics (section 2.1).
- Voice: no output that deceitfully imitates an artist's voice (section 3.3).
- Music library: prohibiting compiling outputs to offer them to third parties, unless written agreement (section 4.2).
- Model reselling: prohibited without written permission (section 4.3).
- Streaming platforms: their AI declaration rules remain your responsibility.
- Indie Game: an "Indie Game" generates less than $500,000 in revenue. Beyond that, you have 60 days to adopt a suitable offer.
The Music v2.5 post also specifies that a piece built on another artist's song cannot be downloaded. If your project touches on imitating a real voice, the specific issues related to voice are covered on VoiceLockr.
Four concrete examples
The videographer who scores her videos
Example: a videographer uses Starter for background music on her channel. The terms allow online commercial use, without attribution, but prohibit uploading the track alone on a streaming platform.
The beatmaker who wants to release an EP
Example: a beatmaker wants to distribute four tracks on platforms. He needs at least Creator, and Pro if he wants lossless files. He keeps his invoices and the date of each generation.
The independent game studio
Example: a studio of two people creates the soundtrack for a game sold online. As long as the game remains under $500,000 in revenue, it falls under the "Indie Game" regime. They monitor this threshold, as exceeding it requires a change of offer within 60 days.
The agency delivering a TV spot
Example: an agency produces music for a TV campaign. Television is excluded from all offers except Enterprise Music; this contract must be negotiated before delivery.
Termination, marketplace, and model versions
If you change your offer or terminate
For self-service offers, an existing output "remains subject to the plan in effect when that Output was created." New outputs follow your current offer. Keep proof of your subscription on the date of generation.
Selling on the ElevenLabs marketplace
The Music Marketplace addendum, updated February 28, 2026, allows selling tracks. The seller waives royalties and receives a "Financial Reward" calculated by ElevenLabs. The buyer receives a non-exclusive license, not ownership.
To sell outside of this marketplace, with your own terms, see our page on music and artificial intelligence licenses.
End of music_v1
The help center announces the withdrawal of the music_v1 model on January 31, 2027. The old 2025 terms are archived; note the version applicable to your old tracks.
Reporting AI: It's up to you
The musical terms leave the AI declaration rules of streaming platforms to you. Each distributor and platform has its own forms; read them before sending.
In the European Union, the transparency obligations of Article 50 of the AI Act have applied since August 2, 2026, according to the FAQ of the European Commission. Providers must mark synthetic audio in a machine-readable manner. Deployers report deepfakes, with a lighter obligation for manifestly artistic works.
Specifically, note how each piece was made, to tick the right box at the time of upload. This note also serves if a listener or platform later questions the origin of the title.
Method: Your file before publishing
Before releasing a track created with ElevenLabs, take twenty minutes to compile a file. It will be useful when dealing with a distributor, a client, or a co-author who has questions.
| Element | How to keep it | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Applicable conditions | Dated PDF of the Music Terms page and Annex A | The rules of your offer at the creation date |
| Proof of subscription | Invoice or account screenshot on the day of generation | That the release falls under a paid offer |
| Prompts and settings | Text copy, without artist or title name | Compliance with section 2.1 |
| Exported files | Filename, date, format (MP3 or WAV) | The link between the generation and the master |
| Your contributions | Lyrics, vocal takes, played tracks, software session | Your human contribution, the most likely to be protected |
| Successive versions | Dated deposit of each important version | The timeline of the work |
This file does not create rights. It simply helps explain, with supporting documents, how the piece was made and under what rules.
For substantive questions about AI and copyright, our page AI music copyright covers France, the European Union, and the United States.
What TuneLockr Does, and Does Not Do
TuneLockr allows you to submit a file version: audio, lyrics, score. The submission associates it with a date, a SHA-256 fingerprint, and the submission information, along with a certificate.
- It includes: dating each version and documenting your human contributions throughout the work.
- It includes: offering licenses with AI permissions (“AI Training,” “AI Generation”) in the Creator and Pro offers.
- It does not include: determining alone who holds the rights to an ElevenLabs track.
- It does not include: automatically detecting plagiarism or AI origin. A detection feature is announced, not yet available.
- It does not replace: SACEM or an intellectual property lawyer.
The certificate helps establish a timeline and can be kept among useful elements in case of a dispute. The comparison of musical generators for commercial use helps you choose the right tool.
FAQ ElevenLabs Music
Can I publish on Spotify with the Starter offer?
No. According to Annex A of the conditions of October 9, 2026, streaming distribution is prohibited in Free and Starter. It is allowed starting from Creator.
Do I have to credit ElevenLabs?
Only in Free, according to the musical conditions. Paid offers do not require attribution.
Can I use a track in a film?
Film, television and radio are excluded from all offers except Enterprise Music. For sync of this type, ElevenLabs Music rights and license are therefore negotiated in an Enterprise Music contract.
Are my tracks still usable if I cancel?
Yes, within the limits of the active offer at the time of their creation, according to the conditions. Keep your invoices to demonstrate this.
Can I use my releases to train another model?
The musical conditions consulted on November 4, 2026, do not explicitly address this point. They supplement the general conditions of ElevenLabs, which may contain other rules. Check these general conditions before any such project, and seek written agreement if in doubt.