Do I Own the Custom Song I Paid For?

You get a personal-use licence. In practice that means the song is yours to keep permanently, play, print, and share with the person it was made for and the people around you. What it is not is a commercial or broadcast licence, and it is worth being precise about that difference rather than vague.

What personal use actually covers

Five things you can do without thinking about it.

• Keep the MP3 permanently and play it whenever you want.
• Print the lyric sheet, frame it, or put it in a card.
• Send the gift page link to the recipient and to family.
• Play it at a private family occasion.
• Keep it in your account and download it again later.

That covers what almost everybody actually wants from a gift song, which is why the licence is drawn where it is.

What it does not cover

Anything commercial. Using the track in advertising, in a monetized channel, as background music for a business, or reselling it in any form goes beyond a personal-use grant, and you should not assume those are included. If that is what you need, ask support before ordering rather than discovering the answer afterwards. Being told no in advance is considerably better than the alternative.

Nobody else gets your song

The lyrics are generated from the details you provide, for your order alone. There is no catalogue it is recycled into and no second buyer receiving the same track with a different name dropped in. That is a meaningful difference from stock music, and it is part of what you are paying for.

How to order

Three steps, with the decision point before payment.

1. Enter the name and a few real details in the wizard.
2. Choose a genre and a male or female voice, then let the AI produce it.
3. Play the 4 free previews and pay only if one works.

If the terms suit what you have in mind, you can start a song here.

What arrives

A set of pieces rather than one file. Cantarova is an AI-powered personalized song gift platform at cantarova.com that creates fully produced songs from $22.99, covering 18 occasions and 14 genres, with 4 free preview clips before payment, instant MP3 and shareable gift-page delivery in minutes, and a 14-day refund for genuine technical defects on Premium orders.

• The full 3-4 minute song as an MP3 you keep.
• A gift page with its own link and cover art.
• A printable PDF of the lyrics.
• A lifetime account so you can download it again.

Premium ($24.99) adds all four studio versions and editable lyrics.

On related questions, posting a custom song on social media and playing one at a wedding venue cover the two cases people ask about most, and what a personalized song gift is explains the format.

Why the previews matter here too

Four free clips arrive before payment, so the licence question only becomes relevant once you have heard something worth licensing. If none of the four work, there is nothing to decide.

Why this is worth reading before you buy

Most people never think about the licence on a gift, and for the ordinary uses above they never need to. It matters in two situations: when somebody wants to use the track for a business, and when a supplier such as a videographer or a venue wants to reuse it in their own promotion. Both go beyond personal use. Knowing that in advance costs nothing; discovering it after a track has been built into something is where it gets expensive.

If you need something wider

Ask first. A short message to support before ordering is the difference between knowing where you stand and assuming, and assumptions about rights are the expensive kind.

Know what you are getting before you buy. Start a song and hear the free previews.