Snapchat Sound used in a sponsored or promo Snap
Snapchat may take the video down.
About to post? A full check of your video looks for this in what's said and the caption, with a plain fix.
Check a video freeWhat triggers it
A licensed Snapchat Sound used in a Snap that is sponsored by, promotes or advertises any brand, product or service.
What Snapchat says
“Sounds may only be used for your personal, non-commercial use. For example, Sounds may not be used to create, send or post Snaps (or a series of Snaps) that are sponsored by, promote, or advertise any brand, products, goods, or services.”
How to fix it
Use original audio or commercially licensed music in promotional Snaps.
Good to know
Any commercial Snap (paid partnership, own-business promo, affiliate) with a popular song in it.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's said and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: not for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
It doesn't recognize songs or match clips against copyright catalogs, so it can't tell whether you have the rights to them.
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