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Ecopyright is an independent digital witness for copyright ownership. We generate a timestamped, independently timestamped, court-recognized certificate that proves you created a specific work on a specific date. Used by writers, musicians, designers, photographers, filmmakers and developers worldwide.

Independent creators (authors, musicians, photographers, illustrators, designers, developers, filmmakers), small studios and agencies, publishers, freelance professionals, and anyone who needs dated proof of original authorship. We have separate dedicated guides for each format - see Solutions in the footer.

Yes. Copyright is automatic in every signatory country of the Berne Convention - which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, Canada, Australia, India, Brazil, Japan, and almost every other country in the world. Your certificate is dated, independently verifiable evidence of authorship that you can put forward anywhere; it is not itself a government registration.

Around 60 seconds. Email + password. You can register your first work within a minute of confirming your email.

Yes - Ecopyright is a paid membership. It is $49/year (which includes 5 certificate tokens), paid securely at signup, and it renews automatically every year until you cancel. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee, and after that extra tokens are $1 each, only when you need them.

Our service interface and certificates are available in English. Customer support is provided in English. Your work itself can be in any language - the certificate metadata captures the file as-is.

Author name(s), work title, registration date and time (UTC), unique reference number, file name(s), SHA-256 file hash, file metadata (where extractable), and a public RFC 3161 timestamp anchor.

A US Copyright Office registration is an official government registration ($45-$65, weeks to process, US-specific). Ecopyright is independent third-party witnessing of authorship and date - instant, $1, and useful wherever copyright applies, since copyright is automatic in every Berne Convention country. Many creators use both: Ecopyright immediately for the timestamp, then the US Copyright Office for full statutory damages if they're US-based and need to litigate.

The certificate is built to be put forward as evidence: it documents who you are, what the work was, and when it existed, and the RFC 3161 timestamp makes it tamper-evident. Admissibility is decided by the court hearing your case - no service, ours included, can guarantee it in advance. For a specific dispute, take the certificate to your own lawyer.

All 182 signatory countries of the Berne Convention recognize copyright created in member states. What they recognize is your copyright, not this certificate - the certificate is dated evidence you can put forward. This includes the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, India, Brazil, Japan, China, and most of the world. See /copyright-law for the full list.

Certificates carry the Ecopyright header and your information. Co-branded certificates are not available today; if you need them, email sales@ecopyright.io.

From your dashboard, click any registered work and choose "Download PDF". You can also access a public verification URL that anyone can use to see the certificate without logging in.

You can't lose it - it's always available in your account dashboard, plus we keep backups (daily, weekly, monthly). Re-download anytime, share the verification URL anytime. Certificates do not expire.

No, and that's the point - the moment of registration is locked in by both your account record and the signed timestamp token. If you upload a new version of the same work, register it as V2 using version tracking - the original V1 stays unchanged.

No. Once registered, your certificate is valid forever. Even if you cancel your Ecopyright subscription, the certificate remains in our records and the accredited timestamp remains independently verifiable.

Anyone can verify a certificate by going to ecopyright.io/verify and entering the reference number or pasting the public verification URL. Our system retrieves the record and independently confirms the accredited timestamp. Result in 1-2 seconds.

No. Verification is completely anonymous, free, and unlimited. No login, no email, no captcha.

Yes - every certificate has a unique public URL. Share it in emails, contracts, DMCA notices, or Amazon dispute forms. Anyone who clicks sees the full verification card.

Forever. The URL never changes and never expires, even if you cancel your subscription.

At registration your file hash is sent to TÜBİTAK Kamu SM, an accredited time stamping authority, which returns a cryptographically signed RFC 3161 token stating the hash existed at that moment. The token is issued in about a second, so the record is tamper-evident - even Ecopyright cannot alter the proof retroactively.

Yes. Files are encrypted in transit (256-bit SSL) and at rest. Stored on geographically distributed servers with daily, weekly, and monthly backups. Access is restricted to your account; even our staff cannot open your files without your written permission.

Only you. Files are never shared with third parties. Verification only reveals metadata (author, title, date, hash) - not the file content itself. If someone wants the actual file, you decide whether to send it.

Yes. Ecopyright complies with the EU's GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and Türkiye's KVKK (Personal Data Protection Law). You can export or delete your account data at any time from the dashboard. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

No. SHA-256 is a one-way cryptographic function. The hash reveals nothing about the file's contents - only confirms whether a given file matches the registered hash. This is why public verification is safe even for confidential works.

Yes. Time-based one-time passwords (TOTP) via Google Authenticator, Authy, 1Password, or any standard authenticator app. Strongly recommended for accounts holding valuable works.

Not yet. Each membership is for a single person today. If you need several seats, email sales@ecopyright.io and we will work out an arrangement.

Not yet. Registration is done through the dashboard today. If an API would unblock something for you, email sales@ecopyright.io - it helps us prioritise.

For volume token pricing or a custom arrangement, contact sales@ecopyright.io.

Yes, on enterprise plans. Certificates carry your agency's logo and color scheme instead of the Ecopyright brand. Useful for agencies offering copyright registration to their clients as part of a larger service.

Yes - 30% off the annual membership for verified educational institutions and registered non-profits. Email sales@ecopyright.io with verification documents.