Verify a copyright scan
Selekt’s Workshop produces a signed, timestamped record of every copyright scan. Anyone with the scan ID can verify it here independently — no Selekt account needed.
What’s a scan ID?
Every copyright check in the Selekt Workshop produces a unique scan ID (format: scan_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx). It’s shown on the result screen right after a scan finishes and lives permanently in your library under Copyright Checks.
That ID is the access token to a cryptographically signed record of exactly what was screened, when, and what was found — including the full per-segment fingerprint check, the disclaimer text the user agreed to, and the SHA-256 hash of the source file. Anyone can verify the record independently using the public key we publish at /audit-public-key.pem.
The records are also hash-chained — each one references the SHA-256 of the previous record, so any tampering with the audit history would be visible.
When would I use this?
- Submitting to DistroKid, CD Baby, or TuneCore. Drop the verification link in the submission notes. The platform can check it themselves before approving — saves you a round trip if someone has questions about your sample sources.
- Pitching a beat to a sync library for film/TV placement. Sync libraries reject anything they can’t verify the clearance chain on. Your scan link is the receipt — it shows you’ve done the screening before you even pitch.
- Disputing a YouTube Content ID flag. You scanned the master before upload and it came back clean. Use the scan link as evidence in your dispute — it’s signed and timestamped from before the takedown, so the date is verifiable.
- Selling beats on BeatStars or Airbit. Buyers get nervous about uncleared samples. Include the scan link in the lease agreement so they know exactly what they’re getting — and what was checked.
- Pitching demos to a label or manager. Including a Selekt verification link with each demo signals that you take clearance seriously. The kind of small thing that reads as professional and gets your demo finished, not skipped.
- Keeping your own catalog records. Save the scan ID alongside each finished track in your project files. Years later when a distributor or lawyer asks about a track from 2026, you have a permanent receipt.
What this isn’t
A verified clean scan is evidence that no commercial-recording match was found in the 150M+ reference database at scan time. It is not a legal clearance, an opinion on whether underlying compositions are clear, or a guarantee against future detection-database changes.
We document the screening; you stay responsible for confirming rights before commercial use. For high-stakes commercial uses, pair the scan with a music attorney’s review.
