Protecting original music and creative ownership
Copyright protection for songs, lyrics and creative evidence.
Songbay helps eligible active subscribers create a dated record for an approved song or lyric upload. Complete the copyright function to receive a Songbay Copyright Protection Certificate and Evidence Pack with recorded dates, an authenticated electronic declaration, a digital fingerprint and current-status verification by QR code or reference.
Reference verified
Scan the certificate QR code or use its verification link to check selected current details.
Deposited work and private account details stay out of the public result.
Songbay creator record
Supporting evidence, organised and verifiable.
Eligible completed protections include a unique certificate reference, digital fingerprint of the deposited version, authenticated electronic declaration and current-status verification.
How Songbay protects your work
A clear certificate journey for songs, lyrics and AI-assisted creativity.
Upload approved work
Add your song or lyric and complete the normal Songbay approval journey. Uploading alone does not issue a certificate.
Complete the declaration
Open the copyright function and complete the authenticated electronic declaration for the eligible work.
Receive your Evidence Pack
Download the certificate and Evidence Pack with recorded dates, the deposited-version fingerprint and certificate reference.
Check current status
Use the certificate QR code or reference link to verify selected current record details.
Practical benefits
Organised evidence that helps support your ownership position.
Songbay brings important parts of your protection record together in a consistent format for eligible songs and lyrics, giving you a practical chronology and evidence trail instead of scattered files and emails.
Built into your Songbay workflow
Manage eligible uploads, protection records and certificate access within your normal Songbay environment, without a separate evidence service or disconnected filing process.
A clearer record of what and when
Separate upload and declaration-completion dates create a clearer chronology. The certificate reference and digital fingerprint identify the deposited version and help distinguish later revisions.
One organised, portable record
Download the PDF Certificate and Evidence Pack for secure retention, offline records and member-controlled archiving. Keep it with masters, lyric drafts, project files, agreements, messages and separate backups.
Convenient sharing and checking
Share from a phone or in correspondence by QR code or verification link. Recipients can confirm that the certificate corresponds to a current Songbay record without receiving the deposited work or private account details.
Support copyright concerns
Keep the authenticated declaration and, where recorded, the member's ownership-share statement with the record. Use the organised material to support platform reports, takedown requests, copying or plagiarism concerns and support-team escalation.
Ready for creative and professional conversations
Prepare useful context for remote collaboration, co-writer records, licensing or catalogue enquiries, publisher and manager conversations, negotiations, due diligence and intellectual-property advice, without reconstructing the trail months or years later.
Using your Evidence Pack
- Retain the Certificate and Evidence Pack with your original work and supporting records.
- Use the platform's official copyright-reporting process or support route.
- Identify the material that concerns you, where and when it appeared, and the outcome you are seeking. Provide the Songbay certificate, QR code or verification link as supporting evidence when requested.
- For significant or unresolved matters, take the original work, dated drafts, Evidence Pack and correspondence to an intellectual-property professional.
A saved Certificate or Evidence Pack records the status checked at that time; use its QR code or verification link for a fresh current-status check while the associated Songbay services and subscription remain active.
For the full explanation of the live certificate, privacy boundary and Evidence Pack, read Digital Copyright Protection Certificates Are Now Live at Songbay.
For a practical explanation of automatic copyright and the evidence creators can keep, read how to copyright a song or lyric.
For a step-by-step record-keeping guide, use our songwriter evidence checklist.
Included with eligible active Songbay membership: copyright evidence-record tools, certificates for completed eligible protections and a creator-focused record designed around songs, lyrics and modern AI-assisted workflows. View membership options.
For songwriters and lyricists
Protect songs, lyrics and finished creative works directly from your Songbay account, without needing a separate per-upload copyright service.
For AI-era creators
Keep clear records for the human-authored parts of AI-assisted songs, especially lyric writing, authorship notes and upload history.
Your copyright dashboard
Manage protected works in one place.
Reference verified
Scan the certificate QR code or use its verification link to check selected current details.
Deposited work and private account details stay out of the public result.
The certificate provides organised supporting evidence associated with the Songbay protection record; it is not a substitute for professional legal advice.
