Meta Content Guidelines

As part of our partnership with Meta, Symphonic delivers content into Meta's systems for protection, tracking, monetization, and use across Instagram Stories, Instagram Reels, Facebook Stories, Facebook Reels, and other Meta services. While this process works smoothly for most releases, there are certain eligibility requirements and platform behaviors that generate common questions from our clients.

This article covers the type of content that we're able to deliver to Meta.

What type of content is eligible for Meta (Facebook & Instagram)?

Meta has strict eligibility rules. To be eligible, your content must be original music that you own or exclusively control. Always submit content that:

-Uses only your own material for which you have exclusive rights
-Uses third-party material for which you have exclusive rights
-Has clear musical structure with melody
-Has accurate and complete metadata, including ISRCs
-Has not already been submitted for monetization on Meta through another distributor

Meta requires that all tracks on a release be eligible for any of the tracks to be monetized. If even one track on your release is ineligible, the entire release will not appear on Facebook or Instagram. If you want to monetize certain tracks, consider releasing them separately from tracks that may not meet these guidelines.

What type of content is NOT eligible for Meta?

The following types of content are ineligible for Meta delivery. If your release contains any of the below, it may be rejected, removed, or cause account-level issues.

Beats, Samples & Production Elements

-Instrumental content such as samples or beats, even if you have a distribution license
-Non-exclusively licensed beats, including "type beats" whether purchased or downloaded for free
-Royalty-free samples from libraries such as Splice, LANDR Samples, Freesound.org, or similar services
-Stock sounds from music production software such as Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, or GarageBand
-Production library music, including soundbeds, incidental scores, production loops, or royalty-free music
-Beats, loops, or music beds that you have licensed but the license is not exclusive

This is one of the most common reasons content gets removed. Even if you purchased a beat or have a license to use samples in your music, Meta specifically requires exclusive rights to every element. A standard or non-exclusive beat lease does not meet this requirement.

Covers, Remixes & Derivative Works

-Covers of another artist's work, regardless of the work's public domain status
-Remixes or edited versions of another artist's work, or any work you don't own exclusive rights to the original work for
-Music that uses sections of existing tracks (slowed down, sped up, sampled, reverbed, etc.) without authorization
-Unauthorized DJ mixes, extended mixes, or compilations of multiple tracks without proper licensing
-Karaoke, soundalike, or tribute/cover versions
-Covers of traditional or public domain songs, including children's music, classical pieces, holiday songs, or religious songs/hymns

Non-Musical Audio

-Ambient sound effects, production loops, samples from audio libraries, or meditation/sleep/yoga tracks
-Sound effects such as car horns, sirens, ringtones, explosions, impacts, ambiences, or button sounds
-Any sound with no clear melody or musical structure
-Content containing 10 or more consecutive seconds of spoken word material
-Public domain clips, speeches, or other public domain material

AI-Generated Content

-Fully AI-generated material, including both vocals and instrumentals
-Musical content containing AI-generated and/or AI-assisted elements
-Content that sounds like a real artist and pretends to be them

Classical & Public Domain

-Most classical music releases that contain public domain compositions
-Recordings of compositions where the copyrights have expired

Other Ineligible Types

-Songs that are already being distributed to Meta by another distributor
-Content that is part of a compilation, DJ set, or continuous mix
-Music you have previously licensed to a third party on an exclusive basis
-Tracks that are insufficiently distinct from other sound recordings already delivered to Meta
-Content created solely for use in Facebook videos to exploit Content ID (such as music used for end cards)

Violations of these guidelines may lead to negative action taken against your account, up to and including monetization removal, takedowns of your releases, and permanent removal of your account from Meta monetization services.