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What are Synchronisation Rights?

Written by Press Officer on .

Synchronisation rights (or sync rights) are the rights to use a piece of music in combination with visual media, such as films, TV shows, advertisements, video games, or online videos.

Key points:

  • They cover the use of the musical composition, not just the recording.
  • You need a licence from the music copyright owner (usually the composer, songwriter, or publisher) to legally sync music with visuals.
  • Sync rights are separate from performance rights or mechanical rights, which cover playing or reproducing the music.

👉 In short: if you want to pair music with images, you need synchronisation rights to do it legally.