Safe Creative is the largest electronic copyright registry. Learn about some terms in our glossary.

The registration of authorship in Safe Creative provides the author with irrefutable technological proof of his declaration and the consequent protection of his rights (Berne Convention - UN). It is therefore highly advisable to register a work before "moving" it, in order to have a first declaratory proof of its authorship, to publish the work or send previous versions with peace of mind, knowing that the best proof is available in time against those who might be tempted to attribute it.

See our glossary: http://en.safecreative.net/glossary/

The main differences between the registration of authorship in a traditional registry and Safe Creative are:

Safe Creative also offers complementary services such as optional public information of the work, registration of related rights (production, distribution, illustration, etc.), registration of "copyleft" licenses, labeling, metadata, link to informative pages of the author, etc.

Any kind of work, document of file can be registered at Safe Creative, however you must be aware that not all works are protected by copyright laws. According to the World International Property Organization’s Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works copyright include:

Literary works: articles, tales, novels, essays, posts, electronic pages, etc.

Dramatic and audiovisual works: movies, animations, theater, short films, etc.

Musical works: musical compositions, phonographic productions, scores, etc.

Artistic works: drawings, paintings, designs, three-dimensional models, sculpture, engravings,
lithographies, comics, photography, etc.

Databases and software (in some legislations): the code (whatever format) and their manuals and related technical documents, graphics and description modules.

Why can't we register brands, inventions, trade names, ideas, projects, methods, etc?

Trademarks are not artistic, literary or scientific creations (works protected by copyright), but words, symbols, devices or names used for commercial purposes.

To obtain a trademark or a trade name, an administrative procedure must be followed through an official body and the corresponding fee must be paid, similar to what must be done to register a patent, and it is granted for a limited period of time. Read more.

Safe Creative is not a site to register social, economic, festivals, learning methods, concepts, events, etc. projects. Those would be considered ideas by themselves and are excluded to generate copyrights by local copyright laws and international agreements.

When we talk about “projects” in authorship rights contexts we are talking about, for instance, buildings’ blueprints. Read more.

The technological proof generated upon registration is permanently valid. The redundant combination of three different cryptographic technologies (SHA1, SHA 256 and SHA 512 ) for the identification of the work, and two time stamps inscribed in turn on the ETHEREUM blockchain, guarantee its proof validity over time.

Once a work has been registered, you can download the proof of registration, which you can always use as proof of authorship and other registered rights, regardless of whether or not you continue as a Safe Creative user.

What is Creators and how does it work?

Creators is the dedicated space for artists on Safe Creative, where you can get known, promote your portfolio, connect with your followers, showcase your art, sell your digital works, or offer professional services.

Plus, you have the chance to win prizes!

You decide which registered works you want to exhibit. For those you put up for sale, you can set a price and define the usage rights the buyer will acquire. Alternatively, you can allow the buyer to propose a budget, specifying the rights to the work they wish to acquire.

How to activate my Creators profile?

If you have an active subscription on Safe Creative, you can open your space on Creators by following these steps:

1. Go to the upper right corner, click on LOGIN, and sign in with your Safe Creative username and password.
2. Once logged into your profile, click on your name in the upper right corner and go to “Edit Profile”.
3. In this section, you can complete your profile by adding a cover photo, a profile picture, a description,  acknowledgments, tags, and relevant links.
4. Don’t forget to click “Save” when you’re done.

How to add works to my profile?

You can add a new work from any of the tabs by looking for the “+” symbol, which will appear on the right side of your screen (once you’ve logged in). Click on it, and your works from Safe Creative that you haven’t yet published on Creators will appear.

Select the work or works you want to publish and click continue. In the next tab, you will need to add a description of the works and complete the corresponding data. When finished, don’t forget to click “Save changes”.

How to sell my works on Creators?

You can sell each work in the way you prefer: exclusively to a single buyer, thus transferring all rights; non-exclusively, allowing the buyer to acquire a copy for personal use and enjoyment; or by allowing the buyer to request a quote specifying the characteristics of the license they need.

How to buy works or licenses on Creators?

Anyone or any company can purchase licenses to use works on Creators. To make the payment and acquire the “certificate with the acquired license”, you must register on Safe Creative (for free).

You can directly find the works in their category (Visual, Music, or Literature) that display a fixed price, or those that have an “Open Price”. In the latter case, you can select the use you want to give the work and request a quote.

Once the payment is made in local currency, with a credit card (VISA / Mastercard...), Creators will provide you with the download of the work and the digital certificate of the license. If you choose to acquire the license as an NFT, you must indicate the Metamask digital wallet code where you wish to receive it.  See more

Intellectual property registries do not grant rights: the author of a creative work has all of them, moral and patrimonial, without having to register (Berne Convention). However, it is highly advisable to register your work before "moving it", to have a first proof of the authorship established. It is important to do it before publishing your work, sending previous versions and also to be able to offer guarantee of provenance to your clients. You will always have the best proof in time against whoever else wants to attribute it and illicitly benefit from your effort.

Advantages of the digital registration in Safe creative

• The proof of authorship is not based on the presumption of veracity of a public servant, but on the technological evidence that constitutes the identification of the work with three different cryptographic fingerprints, and of the date by the application of a qualified timestamp redundant with a daily audit process on blockchain. 
• International validity: The expertise examination of technological evidences is valid in the jurisdictions of all the Berne Convention signatory countries and recognized by the World Intellectual Property Office (WIPO).
• 24x7 ubiquitous online operation, providing any format of file that allows identifying the work.

The proof and registration information is permanently valid

The registration in Safe Creative provides(1) two sets of evidences that the author can retain indefinitely to defend her os his rights, because those elements are of permanent validity, whether the user stays active in Safe Creative or not.

• Proof of authorship: The electronic file containing the work, the three cryptographic fingerprints that prove the content and its integrity irrefutably, the double time stamp, which corroborates the date and time of the registration of the rights and audit of all these elements in the blockchain. This proof will always confirm the integrity of all the data registered in any expert examination procedure.
• Authorship and registered rights certificates: Documents in which Safe Creative certifies the details of the information and the registration process generated. The electronic signature of the same guarantees their authenticity and permanent validity.

Online information page.
Safe Creative displays on a public web page the details of the information registered(2) if the registrations are made indicating that the information is public.

Obtaining unlimited certificates, files, tests with active professional services.
While the professional services are active, you can download the registration proofs, certificates and the registered file themselves as many times as you need. 

The best technology for all records and all users.
The technological elements that we use; Triple fingerprinting, redundant time stamping with an approved external service, and Ethereum auditing apply to all registrations, regardless of the type of account the user had at the moment.

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(1) The proofs and registration certificates can be downloaded for all express registrations and those made from any subscription account, or by updating to a subscription account if the registration had been made using an amateur account.

(2) Maintenance of the extended publication of the online information page is one year for express registrations and continued for the duration of the account for subscription account registrations.

Both

• Provide a valid presumption of authorship, which admits evidence to the contrary.

Neither

• Is not mandatory and does not grant authorship rights, since the author acquires them simply by creating the work.
• The proof provided by both is based on the date on which the work was already owned and the responsible declaration of authorship was registered; therefore, the greatest protection is achieved by registering the work before making it known, in order to have the best proof in time.

The difference between the two lies in the nature of the proof they provide to the author.

• The official registration of a country provides a signed document as proof. As it has official status in its country, it is admitted as evidence and the veracity of its content is presumed.
  Safe Creative provides as proof a file with a double time stamp to guarantee the date of registration and which contains the work together with three cryptographic fingerprints of the work to confirm that it is the registered work and that it has not been altered since registration. Additionally this information is recorded daily in an audit trail on the Ethereum blockchain.
• The certificate of an official registry has evidentiary character in its own country because it is an official document. To use it in processes in other countries it is necessary to apostille the certificate and that the country where it is going to be used admits the Hague apostille.
• The Safe Creative certificate, due to its technical nature, has international validity as it is independent of the administrative scope of the country where it has been generated.

Not all countries offer an intellectual property registration service.
These differences are related to authorship registrations, not to other types of registrations of an administrative nature that some local registries may offer.

Yes, Safe Creative offers trademark registration services in Spain, Mexico, and the European Union. This service is separate from copyright registration, as trademarks are commercial elements that require registration with the Patent and Trademark Office.

You can register names related to your professional activity, such as your band's name, artistic pseudonym, or social media channel. You can also protect the services or products you market, like an app or fashion line.

Trademarks can be:

• Word Marks: Protect names or letters (e.g., "Artist Alex").
• Figurative Marks: Protect a specific logo or design (e.g., a microphone logo for a podcast).
• Combined Marks: Combine name and logo (e.g., "Artist Alex" with a designed logo).

Read more about trademark registration.

Certificates, Technical Proofs, and How to Download Them at Safe Creative

Safe Creative provides essential tools for the protection of intellectual property rights of creative works. These tools include registration certificates and technical evidence, designed to irrefutably establish authorship and rights over a work. Below, we summarize the key aspects of these elements and how they can be obtained.

Registration Certificates
Safe Creative offers three types of certificates to support the authorship and rights of registered works:

1. Work Registration Certificate: A technical document that proves the identity and integrity of the work through a triple identification system (SHA1, SHA256, and SHA512) and double timestamping to ensure the date and time of registration.
2. Registration Certificate: Provides a summary of the information registered in Safe Creative, including the registration code, title, author, registration date, and reserved rights.
3. Creative Process Certificate: Gathers all the development materials of the work, such as sketches and drafts, dated and stamped, demonstrating the creative evolution of the work.

Technical Evidence of Registration
Safe Creative offers technical evidence to confirm the date of possession of the work and the rights statements, which include:

- The original work or its description and three digital fingerprints (SHA1, SHA256, SHA512) for identification.
- Double timestamping of the registration to verify the date and time of registration.
- Documentation signed and sealed by Safe Creative that reflects the rights statements made by the user.
These pieces of evidence are crucial for judicial or arbitration proceedings, providing irrefutable proof of the work and its associated rights.

*Read more about the legal strenght of the proofs you generate in Safe Creative.

How to Obtain Certificates and Evidence
To download certificates and registration evidence at Safe Creative:

- Access the “My Registrations” section.
- Select the work by clicking on its title or image.
- In the “Certificates” section, choose the evidence you need.
- For multiple works, you can select them and use the “Manage Selected” option to download several certificates or pieces of evidence at once.

Once the registration of a work has been completed:

- Go to REGISTRATIONS

- Click on the image or the title of the registered work.
- Go to "Creative Process".
- Click on "+ Attach sketches to this registration" and attach all the files and/or folders that will give the original work registered.

The certificate of the creative process corresponding to that work will be generated, to download from "Certificates" having a subscription or upgrading the registration should it be requested by a non-subscription user.

How Blockchain Audit Registration Works

The incorporation of Blockchain technology into Safe Creative adds an unquestionable audit process due to the public and immutable nature of the blockchain. It has been implemented in such a way that this same strength does not compromise the privacy rights of Safe Creative users.

The audit system generates an electronic document in XML format every 24 hours, containing the relationship of cryptographic hashes of all the registry proofs generated in Safe Creative. The hash of the XML is then incorporated into the blockchain.

Instead of containing the works or the information of the registrations and their rights holders, it contains the digital fingerprints of the same. In this way, if the digital fingerprint of the registered file matches the one included in the audit file, it guarantees that it is the same.

This process allows for the detection of any modification in a registration proof or in the audit XML itself.

This information shows:

1. The cryptographic hashes of the registered works and inscriptions.
2. A link to the audit XML file along with its hash.
3. A link to consult the transaction in the blockchain.

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