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Creator-rights education

Proof of creation is evidence. It is not ownership.

File fingerprints, timestamps, and creator claims can make part of a work's history easier to inspect. Each has a narrow job. None independently proves authorship, grants copyright, resolves competing claims, or replaces legal advice.

A fingerprint identifies bytes

A cryptographic hash can identify an exact file. Change the file and the fingerprint changes. It does not identify the human author by itself.

A timestamp records a moment

A trustworthy timestamp can support evidence that a specific fingerprint was recorded at a particular time. It does not prove the work was first.

A claim is still a claim

An account can state who created a work and list contributors. That statement may support an evidence trail, but it does not adjudicate copyright or ownership.

What the registry is

It records provenance. It does not license your work.

Registration writes a file fingerprint, a wallet-signed creator claim, a contributor list, and a timestamp to a public chain. It issues no licenses, verifies none, and routes no payments — permission still comes from an agreement you sign with the other party.

Open the registry

Preserve more than a hash.

Keep source files, drafts, session history, contributor agreements, licenses, and dated correspondence. A fingerprint is most useful as one part of that broader evidence trail.

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