Lewis Foster

Uppbeat co-founder Lewis brings a decade’s experience building innovative music licensing platforms and is as passionate about hiking as he is about the perfect blend of design and UX 🥾

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Understanding Music Copyright: How to Safely Use Music in Your Videos

Avoid copyright claims and keep full monetization on your videos by learning about music copyright, including how to know if music is copyrighted.

How to Find Out if a Song is Copyrighted: Safely Using Music in Videos

Learn how to know if a song is copyrighted and discover handy tools to check music for copyright so you can safely use tracks in your content.

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What is a Creative Commons License?

See where you can find Creative Commons music and freely share creative works with other people by learning what a Creative Commons license is.

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What is the DMCA? How to protect your videos from DMCA copyright claims

Keep your content safe from DMCA takedowns by learning what DMCA means and finding out how you can avoid ever receiving a DMCA notice.

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What Are Music Royalties? And How Do They Work In 2025?

Be confident that the music you download is safe to use in your videos by learning what music royalties are and how they allow artists to get paid.

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What is Royalty-free Music? And How is Copyright-free Music Different?

Learn the difference between royalty-free music and copyright-free music so you can download tracks that are safe to use in your video content.

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Introducing Uppbeat's Motion Graphics Library

Transform your content with Uppbeat's brand new motion graphics library, with thousands of easy-to-use assets for all levels of content creators.

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What is Public Domain Music? Should You Use It?

Learn what public domain music is, find out where to safely download music in the public domain, and discover where else to download free music.

July 2024 Community Update: A new way to discover the latest releases and some great new lofi artists

Join Cody for a round-up of Uppbeat's latest upgrades and meet some of the newest artists to join our catalog.

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How Uppbeat’s music licenses work

Learn how Uppbeat's music licenses keep your content safe from copyright claims by giving you permission to use tracks in your videos.

March 2024 Community Update: Meet our latest headliner and discover what's trending

Get the lowdown on Uppbeat's newest artists and discover game-changing new features.

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December 2023 Community Update: Streamline your creative flow

Discover features that'll streamline your creative process and some new additions to the Uppbeat catalog.

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Uppbeat on Discord: Join the Discord server for content creators

Connect with like-minded content creators and help to shape the future of Uppbeat by joining our Discord server.

October 2023 Community Update: Upcoming features and a legendary artist joins

Get the full scoop on the newest artists and upcoming features across Uppbeat.

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Introducing Uppbeat's AI Playlist Generator

Discover how Uppbeat's AI Playlist Generator can streamline your creative process by finding your perfect soundtrack in seconds.

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AI music vs real music: Good news for creators or bad news for artists?

Take a look at whether AI-generated music can soundtrack your video content, or if musicians are safe from being replaced by AI music.

Introducing the Uppbeat blog

Raise your creator game with guides, trends and all the latest Uppbeat news.