Guides

Guides and articles on blockchain timestamping, proof of existence and protecting your files and creative work in the age of AI.

  • Songwriter desk with an acoustic guitar, a notebook of handwritten lyrics, a phone recording a voice memo and a coffee cup in morning light

    How to Copyright a Song in Australia: What Songwriters Actually Need to Do

    Copyright in a song is free and automatic in Australia and there is no register. Here is what protects your song and how to keep evidence of when you wrote it.

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  • Home recording studio desk at dusk with a laptop showing an audio waveform and an email attachment, studio monitors, headphones and a lyric notebook

    How to Protect Your Music Before Sending It to a Producer, Label or Publisher

    A practical 7-step checklist to protect your music before sending a demo, beat or stems to a producer, label, publisher or sync library.

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  • Home music studio desk with handwritten sheet music, a lyric notebook, headphones, a laptop showing an audio waveform and a desk clock

    How to Prove You Wrote a Song First: Lessons from the Drake “Janice STFU” Lawsuit

    If a hit song sounds exactly like your demo, the argument that follows is about dates: who had the song, in what form, and when. That is the heart of this month’s copyright lawsuit against Drake over the chorus of “Janice STFU”. Here is what the case is about, why the usual shortcuts are weak,…

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  • Two professionals comparing an original video still with a SHA-256 verification sheet against an altered copy.

    Deepfake or Genuine? What the New Push on AI Evidence Rules Means for Your Files

    US judges are drafting a deepfake evidence rule and Tasmania’s Supreme Court has new AI guidelines. Here’s how to show your files existed, unchanged, before a dispute.

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  • Researchers working in a clinical laboratory

    Blockchain Research Timestamping

    Why is blockchain research timestamping fundamental in the AI era? Across scientific and technical fields, every major discovery begins with data — and credibility depends on proving when that data was created. In modern research, timestamps from operating systems, email servers, or cloud drives can be edited, backdated, or corrupted. That uncertainty exposes labs to…

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    Real World Blockchain Timestamping

    Blockchain Evidence in Real Disputes Across high-stakes disputes, battles are often won on when a document existed and whether it was changed. Traditional artefacts—metadata, email headers, lab notebooks, handwritten dates—can be forged. A cryptographic hash anchored to the Bitcoin blockchain at creation provides independent proof of existence and integrity that any party can verify without…

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