ND
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(No Derivatives) Don't alter, transform or build upon the music.
The most misunderstood paragraph of the CC license. People think that as long as they don't cut or trim the music, they can use it for their videos, but this is not true. Music with ND attribute is for listening only. You can make unlimited copies of it on various mediums, include it in playlists and compilations, embed it on websites, use it as music on hold or business background music, but you can't use it as soundtrack for videos, games, audiobooks, presentations, etc. As the legal code says:
" (you can) make such modifications as are technically necessary
to exercise the rights in other media and formats, but otherwise
you have no rights to make Adaptations."
People often argue that using an unaltered song as a soundtrack to a video does not make the video a derivative work, because the song itself is not recast or transformed in any way. That's where "Don't build upon this work" takes place. Coupling the music with additional content such as images, audio, or motion picture, is considered "building upon". The legal code is very explicit about it:
"For the avoidance of doubt, where the Work is a musical work,
performance or phonogram, the synchronization of the Work in
timed-relation with a moving image (“synching”) will be considered
an Adaptation for the purpose of this License."
Thus, as far as No Derivatives licenses are concerned, videos that use an ND-licensed song violate the terms of the license.
