Technical ability isn’t permission
Jam accepts audio and video files and processes them. Whether you may do that with a particular recording depends on the rights in it, not on Jam. You’re responsible for having every permission needed for what you upload and do with it (Terms of Service, section 3).
Common situations
- Your own music, or recordings you made with permission from everyone involved: generally fine, within the Terms. Writing a song doesn’t always mean you hold every right in it: a publisher, collecting society, label or collaborator may hold some too.
- Commercially released recordings: you need the appropriate rights, or a legal exception that applies where you live. Practising privately doesn’t automatically make every copy, upload, share or redistribution lawful.
- Music you bought: owning a file doesn’t necessarily allow you to process, share or redistribute the recording.
- Streaming services (Spotify, Apple Music and others): Jam doesn’t import from them and doesn’t remove copy protection (details).
- YouTube: Jam doesn’t import YouTube videos.
What Jam does and doesn’t do
Jam doesn’t license music, doesn’t check rights for you, and doesn’t grant rights in songs you add. If you believe content on Jam infringes your rights, see report copyright infringement.
This article is a summary, not legal advice. The Terms of Service and Copyright Policy set out the rules.
