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title: Release without the producer tag on the Free (tagged) tier: no
publisher: RapCanon
canonical: https://rapcanon.com/tools/beat-license-checker/remove-tag-free-tagged/
license: CC-BY-4.0
retrieved: 2026-08-12
---

> Can I remove the producer tag? On the Free (tagged) tier: not permitted. Paid tiers deliver an untagged file. Free tiers require the tag to remain, which is the entire consideration t

Beat licence matrix

 
# Can I remove the producer tag?

 
Free (tagged) licence

 Not permitted 

 
On the Free (tagged) tier, release without the producer tag is not permitted as these agreements are ordinarily written. Paid tiers deliver an untagged file. Free tiers require the tag to remain, which is the entire consideration the producer receives.

 
## The trap

Editing the tag out of a free download is the clearest possible breach and the easiest for a producer to detect and act on.
 

 
## What to check in your agreement

 
Whether an untagged file is actually delivered, rather than merely permitted.

 
## The same question on every other tier

 Licence tier | Release without the producer tag | 
 Basic (MP3) | Permitted | 
 Premium (WAV) | Permitted | 
 Trackout / Stems | Permitted | 
 Unlimited lease | Permitted | 
 Exclusive rights | Permitted | 
 

 
## What this tier is

 
A promotional lease. The producer tag stays in the record and commercial use is usually not granted at all. Typical price: $0.

 
Scope limit. This models the STANDARD form of each tier. Any individual agreement overrides it. Where a cell says 'depends', the answer is genuinely contract-specific and no general resource can resolve it.

 
Part of the Beat Licence Checker and
 an open dataset published under CC-BY 4.0. Reuse it, including commercially, with attribution.
 Last reviewed 2026-08-12.

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## How to cite this page

**APA**
RapCanon. (2026). Release without the producer tag on the Free (tagged) tier: no. Retrieved from https://rapcanon.com/tools/beat-license-checker/remove-tag-free-tagged/

**BibTeX**
```bibtex
@misc{rapcanon-release-without-the-producer-tag-on-the-,
  title  = {Release without the producer tag on the Free (tagged) tier: no},
  author = {{RapCanon}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://rapcanon.com/tools/beat-license-checker/remove-tag-free-tagged/},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-08-12}
}
```

**Wikipedia**
```
{{cite web |title=Release without the producer tag on the Free (tagged) tier: no |url=https://rapcanon.com/tools/beat-license-checker/remove-tag-free-tagged/ |publisher=RapCanon |access-date=2026-08-12}}
```

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