AIVA's copyright terms change completely with the plan you pick

The system

AIVA is a commercial AI music generation service, operated by AIVA Technologies Sarl, that produces MIDI and audio compositions for download under a subscription model. What makes its terms unusual is that AIVA does not apply one licence to every output. Its own End User License Agreement states that the type of licence granted on download 'will depend on the plan that User is currently subscribed to,' and defines three distinct outcomes: a Non-Commercial Licence, a Limited Commercial Licence, and Full Copyright.

What the documents establish

Read against AIVA's pricing page, the mapping is concrete. The Free plan, listed at 0 euros, carries the Non-Commercial Licence: AIVA states copyright is owned by AIVA, credit must be given to AIVA, and there is no monetisation, with downloads capped at three per month and three-minute tracks. The Standard Annually plan, 11 euros per month billed annually, carries the Limited Commercial Licence: AIVA still holds copyright and requires no credit, but the EULA restricts monetisation to 'a limited set of third-party websites: Youtube, Twitch, Tik Tok and Instagram.' Only the Pro Annually plan, 33 euros per month billed annually, carries Full Copyright, under which the EULA states AIVA 'assigns, grants and conveys all copyrights of the MIDI and/or Audio Composition to Licensee,' described on the pricing page as full monetisation with copyright owned by the user.

Craft and rights

For a composer using AIVA as a scoring or sketching tool, this tiering means the commercial value of a finished cue is not fixed by the composition but by which plan generated it. A cue produced on the Free plan cannot legally be sold or licensed onward at all, however it is used creatively; the same cue, regenerated under Pro, would carry full ownership. That is a decision a musician has to make before writing, not after: a track meant for a client deliverable or a sync licence needs the Pro tier's copyright assignment, while a non-commercial sketch does not. AIVA's EULA also separately licenses itself to train on anything a user uploads as reference material, a detail worth flagging for anyone using that feature with material they do not own outright.

Outcomes and open questions

AIVA's terms are a living document that can change; this mapping reflects the site as retrieved on 16 September 2026. Neither source resolves what happens to a composition's licence status if a subscriber downgrades or cancels after generating it, or how the Full Copyright assignment interacts with jurisdictions where authorship of AI-assisted work remains contested.

• Which plan was active at the moment of download, and does a receipt or invoice survive to prove it later?
• Does the Limited Commercial Licence's approved-platform list still match what a specific release needs?
• What does the Uploaded Influence clause mean for reference material a composer does not own outright?

This is a description of what AIVA's own published terms currently say a subscriber gets, tier by tier, for the price on the page, not legal advice about any specific release.