Buying
License a track or a film
This one is for the buyer. Music supervisors, editors, brands, venues and publishers — here is how licensing on Phyrne works, and how long it takes, which is about four minutes.
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The walk
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Find the work and open its licences
Search the shop for records and films, or follow the maker's own link, and open the release. A release page with licences for sale says so, and lists them: sync, editorial, commercial or venue, each with its price, its territory and its term. There is no form to fill in before you can see a number. -
Pick the licence, and read its terms
One price per kind of use, set by the rights-holder, with their terms printed under it. Choose the whole release or a single track, and say what it is for — the production, the publication, the venue. -
Name the licensee and pay
The licensee is the person or company the licence is for. Pay at the counter through Stripe with an email address and a card; no account is made. The rights-holder is paid out, and Phyrne takes its 8% on the way past without becoming a party to your licence. -
Take the licence
A numbered licence naming the work, the rights-holder, the licensee, the use, the territory, the term and the price, with the terms under it — emailed as a PDF the moment the payment clears, and kept at the link in that email.
Good to know
- Name the end client as the licensee, not your agency, so the paperwork matches the use if anybody ever checks.
- The licence reads as it did the day you bought it, whatever the rights-holder changes afterwards. Keep the email; the link in it is your copy.
When there is no price
No price on the page is an answer too
Only the uses a rights-holder has priced are for sale here. Exclusives, national campaigns, unusual terms — if the use you need is not on the list, it is one they would rather talk about. Write to hello@phyrne.app with the release and the use, and we pass it to the rights-holder for the two of you to settle directly.
Put your deadline in the first line when you write. The price list exists so that the usual uses never need the email at all.
Questions, answered
Do I need an account?
No. An email address and a card are all it takes.
Who is on the other side of the licence?
The rights-holder, a vetted member whose payouts go to their own verified Stripe account. Phyrne is the counter, not a party to the agreement.
Can the end client be named as licensee?
Yes. It is a field on the licence, so the paperwork matches the actual use.
What if the payment is refunded?
A licence that is refunded in full is revoked: it no longer grants the use, and the link to it stops working.
License it this afternoon
The price is on the page and the licence is issued the moment the payment clears.