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@@ -23,18 +23,18 @@ and a complementary paper (work in progress): https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10380
 
 
 
-|                                | train   |    test    | test_5s |  size (GB) |   #classes   |
-|--------------------------------|--------:|-----------:|--------:|-----------:|-------------:|
-| [PER][1] (Amazon Basin)        |  16,802 |     14,798 |  15,120 |   10.5     |     132      |
-| [NES][2] (Colombia Costa Rica) |  16,117 |      6,952 |  24,480 |   14.2     |      89      |
-| [UHH][3] (Hawaiian Islands)    |  3,626  |     59,583 |  36,637 |   4.92     | 25 tr, 27 te |
-| [HSN][4] (high_sierras)        |  5,460  |     10,296 |  12,000 |   5.92     |      21      |
-| [NBP][5] (NIPS4BPlus)          |  24,327 |      5,493 |     563 |   29.9     |      51      |
-| [POW][6] (Powdermill Nature)   |  14,911 |     16,052 |   4,560 |   15.7     |      48      |
-| [SSW][7] (Sapsucker Woods)     |  28,403 |     50,760 |  205,200|   35.2     |      81      |
-| [SNE][8] (Sierra Nevada)       |  19,390 |     20,147 |  23,756 |   20.8     |      56      |
-| [XCM][9] (Xenocanto Subset M)  |  89,798 |       x    |     x   |   89.3     |   409 (411)  |
-| [XCL][10] (Xenocanto Complete) |  528,434|       x    |     x   |   484      |      9,735   |
+|                                | train   |    test    | test_5s |  size (GB) |   #classes   |    license    |
+|--------------------------------|--------:|-----------:|--------:|-----------:|-------------:|--------------:|
+| [PER][1] (Amazon Basin)        |  16,802 |     14,798 |  15,120 |   10.5     |     132      |   CC-BY-4.0   |  
+| [NES][2] (Colombia Costa Rica) |  16,117 |      6,952 |  24,480 |   14.2     |      89      |   CC-BY-4.0   |
+| [UHH][3] (Hawaiian Islands)    |  3,626  |     59,583 |  36,637 |   4.92     | 25 tr, 27 te |   CC-BY-4.0   |
+| [HSN][4] (high_sierras)        |  5,460  |     10,296 |  12,000 |   5.92     |      21      |   CC-BY-4.0   |
+| [NBP][5] (NIPS4BPlus)          |  24,327 |      5,493 |     563 |   29.9     |      51      |               |
+| [POW][6] (Powdermill Nature)   |  14,911 |     16,052 |   4,560 |   15.7     |      48      |   CC-0-1.0    |
+| [SSW][7] (Sapsucker Woods)     |  28,403 |     50,760 |  205,200|   35.2     |      81      |   CC-BY-4.0   |
+| [SNE][8] (Sierra Nevada)       |  19,390 |     20,147 |  23,756 |   20.8     |      56      |   CC-BY-4.0   |
+| [XCM][9] (Xenocanto Subset M)  |  89,798 |       x    |     x   |   89.3     |   409 (411)  |   various     |
+| [XCL][10] (Xenocanto Complete) |  528,434|       x    |     x   |   484      |      9,735   |   various     |
 
 [1]:  https://zenodo.org/records/7079124
 [2]:  https://zenodo.org/records/7525349
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ and a complementary paper (work in progress): https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10380
  'long': -49.604,
  'length': 46,
  'microphone': 'focal',
- 'license': '//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/',
+ 'license': '//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/',
  'source': 'xenocanto',
  'local_time': '18:37',
  'detected_events': [[0.736, 1.824],
@@ -190,6 +190,13 @@ and a complementary paper (work in progress): https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10380
       primaryClass={cs.SD}
 }
 
-Note that each test subset in the BirdSet dataset has its own citation. Please see the source to see
-the correct citation for each contained dataset. Each file in the training dataset also has its own recordist noted. The licenses can be found in the metadata. 
-```
+```
+
+### Licensing
+- Researchers shall use this dataset only for non-commercial research and educational purposes. 
+- Each train recording in BirdSet taken from Xeno-Canto has its own CC license. Please refer to the metadata file to view the license for each recording.
+- We exclude all recordings with a SA licenses. Every recording is NC.
+- Each test dataset is licensed under CC BY 4.0.
+- POW as validation dataset is licensed under CC0 1.0.
+
+We have diligently selected and composed the contents of this dataset. Despite our careful review, if you believe that any content violates licensing agreements or infringes on intellectual property rights, please contact us immediately. Upon notification, we will promptly investigate the issue and remove the implicated data from our dataset if necessary.