Song copyright and ownership research
Upload music to check copyright-related recognition, identify the likely commercial recording, and collect the ISRC, UPC, label metadata, release information, and catalog references returned with it. If you are asking “is my song copyrighted?” or “is my music copyrighted?”, the scan can show whether a commercial catalog recognizes the recording—but the returned evidence must still be verified before treating it as an ownership answer.
Recording identity · Label metadata · ISRC and UPC when available · Research links
What you leave with
After the scan, you get a detailed PDF to save and a link you can send to a label, distributor, client, collaborator, or anyone else who needs to see the result. They can open it without creating an account.
The whole track checked
See whether anything matched and exactly where it appears, from the first second to the last.
A PDF you keep
Save a dated record showing the exact file checked, the result, and every scan window.
A link you can send
Anyone you share it with can open the same result online without needing a Selekt account.
Drop your track here — we scan the whole song
MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, OGG · max 200MB · every second of audio gets checked
What this scan can answer
Selekt can identify a likely released recording and surface label, release, identifier, and platform metadata returned by the recognition source. That gives you concrete copyright-research leads and helps you start with the correct master and version before contacting rightsholders or searching authoritative databases.
Title, artist, album, and timing help distinguish the relevant master.
Starting points for master-rights research when returned.
Compare the recognized release across available music catalogs.
Documents what audio was checked and what the source returned then.
See the evidence before you scan
When a recording is recognized, the report surfaces the strongest match, ISRC, UPC, label, release information, and catalog references near the beginning—not buried in a raw response. The final pages explain what each field means and what it cannot prove.
Open sample reportUpload the audio so the scan can distinguish the likely master, live version, remix, remaster, or other released recording.
Review the ISRC, UPC, label, release date, artist, album, and platform references shown in the report.
Use those leads with official label, distributor, publisher, performing-rights, copyright-office, or contract records before seeking permission or making a rights claim.
People searching “is my song copyrighted?” or “is my music copyrighted?” may be asking two different questions. Copyright concerns legal rights in the recording and composition. Audio recognition asks whether a commercial reference catalog can identify the particular recording you uploaded and which metadata it returns.
If you released the song yourself, a recognized match can show that the queried catalog identifies the recording and may return title, artist, label, ISRC, UPC, release, and platform details. It does not create copyright, prove registration, confirm YouTube Content ID enrollment, or establish that nobody else can use the music.
The sound recording or master covers a particular recorded performance. The musical composition covers the underlying melody, lyrics, and written work. Those rights can be controlled by completely different people and companies.
Audio recognition is strongest at identifying the master recording. It can return useful recording identifiers and label metadata, but it does not replace composition-rights research.
A returned label name helps connect the recording to a release history. It may point toward the original issuer, current distributor, or a catalog source, but it is not guaranteed to name the current owner in every territory.
Use the ISRC and UPC to make follow-up conversations more precise. Asking about a specific recording code is safer than asking broadly about a title shared by several songs or versions.
Start with the evidence the scan returns, then confirm the current situation using sources appropriate to the right you need. Keep a record of the source, retrieval date, territory, and any conflicting information.
Copyright Check cluster
Screen a full track for recognizable commercial-recording material and see exactly where a match occurs.
Related checkISRC Lookup by AudioIdentify a recording and see its ISRC, UPC, label, release, and platform references when returned.
You are hereWho Owns a Song?Start a rights investigation with recording identity, label metadata, identifiers, and source links.
Need the general workflow? Visit the full Copyright Song Checker.
You can upload music to identify the likely commercial recording and collect copyright-research leads such as label, ISRC, UPC, release, and catalog information. The scan cannot conclusively prove current master ownership, publishing ownership, registration, or permission to use the song.
A recognition match and copyright protection are different facts. A match means the queried commercial catalog identified the recording and returned related metadata. It does not by itself prove legal ownership, registration, or Content ID enrollment.
Yes. Upload the released recording and review the recognized title, artist, label, identifiers, release details, and catalog references when available. Keep the Screening Report as a dated record of what this recognition source returned.
It can identify the likely recording and provide label metadata, recording identifiers, release details, and catalog references as research leads. It cannot conclusively establish current master or publishing ownership.
Catalogs can be licensed, distributed, acquired, reassigned, or represented differently by territory. A label field is useful evidence about the release, not a complete chain of title.
Master rights concern a particular recorded performance. Publishing or composition rights concern the underlying music and lyrics. A sample can require investigation of both.
No. ISRC identifies a specific recording. It can help an agency, distributor, or label find the correct record, but the code alone does not prove current ownership.
The current scan focuses on audio recording recognition. It may return recording metadata, but it is not an authoritative composition-rights or ISWC lookup.
It means the uploaded audio was not recognized in the queried catalog during that scan. It does not mean the song has no copyright, no owner, or no registration elsewhere.
Yes as an identification and screening record. It gives you the exact file, date, likely recording, identifiers, and source references to include in further research or outreach.
Scan the whole upload, review every recognized window, and keep the report with your release records.
