The Suede Intellectual Property Registry
Your music,
on the record.
Register a song in about two minutes and it becomes a product: films, brands, producers, and AI labs pay to use it — and the registry splits every dollar between you and your collaborators, instantly. No crypto experience required.
Schedule P — Projected earnings
Registered music
makes money.
Licensing is income, and the registry runs it end to end: buyers pay your price, the money splits itself. Set five assumptions — the bureau drafts your proforma live, then emails you the exact game plan to collect it.
Your assumptions
Songs, stems, beats, lyrics, artwork — anything finished.
Your release cadence — this is what compounds the curve.
1k–10k monthly listeners — demand scales with reach.
Collaborators receive 20% — settled instantly at the source.
Proforma Statement of Licensing Earnings
Earnings Desk · Drafted —
- Sync & screen · ~15 deals/yr
- $3,825
- Samples & remixes · ~37 deals/yr
- $1,683
- AI training · ~12 deals/yr
- $5,950
Year-three annual pace
$22,646 / year
A projection at the example rates from the Schedule of Licenses below, at full deal flow — optimistic on purpose. Real prices are yours to set.
Get the exact game plan to hit this number — free, by email.
What to register first, which licenses to switch on, what to charge, and where the buyers come from — drawn up for your catalog.
One email · no list · the plan and nothing else
Article I — Registration
Two minutes,
then it's permanent.
Upload it
Any finished file — a song, a stem, lyrics, artwork. The registry reads it and gives it a fingerprint: a unique ID that only your exact file can produce.
It’s written down
Your name and today’s date are written into a public record that nobody — including us — can edit, delete, or backdate.
You hold the certificate
It lives in your account, costs about a cent, and anyone can verify it, forever. If a dispute ever comes, the date is already settled.
Certificate of Registration
№ SR-000013 · Specimen
- Work
- Midnight on Mulberry St.
- Author
- María Álvarez
- Registered
- —
- Fingerprint
- 0x7f3a91c0…42d7f83a
- Terms
- Commercial — your price · Remixes — allowed · AI training — off
The same certificate, two ways of reading it. Flip to Public record to see exactly what the chain stores — click the fingerprint to mint a new one.
Article II — Licensing
A license is permission
you sell.
Decide once what people may do with your work and what it costs. The registry writes the permission down, collects the money, and splits it — instantly, automatically, every time.
Schedule of licenses
Open
Non-commercial- Who it’s for
- Fans, students, fellow musicians
- They may
- Share it, cover it, post it — with credit
- They may not
- Make money with it
- Price
- Free
- Term
- Ongoing
- The money
- None changes hands — credit is the fee
Standard
Commercial- Who it’s for
- Brands, film & TV, games, podcasts
- They may
- Use it in paid work, on your terms
- They may not
- Resell it or claim authorship
- Price
- You set it
- Term
- Perpetual, or dated — your call
- The money
- Lands instantly, split between you and collaborators
Exclusive
One licensee- Who it’s for
- A buyer who wants it locked down
- They may
- Be the only licensee for the term
- They may not
- Extend without renewing
- Price
- Your premium
- Term
- Fixed — a year is typical
- The money
- Same instant, automatic split
AI training is off by default. No model may learn from a registered work until you allow it — and price it.
Agents must check,
and pay, first
Draw up a license — try it
Pick a scenario,
read the grant.
These are the controls you'll actually use. Fees here are examples — in the registry, you set your own.
Collaborators receive 30% — the split settles at the source, not after.
Grant of License
Halcyon Pictures may use the work in a motion picture and its trailers — Midnight on Mulberry St. — under the Standard · Commercial terms set by its author.
Fee: $250, one-time. Settled the moment it's paid:
→ María Álvarez $175 (70%)
→ co-writer $75 (30%)
This permission is recorded permanently and is verifiable by anyone, at any time.
Article III — Programs
For working musicians.
Annex A — The public record
The crypto,
for those who want it.
The registry's records live on two public blockchains — that's what makes them permanent and impossible to quietly edit. You never have to touch this layer: signing up creates a simple wallet for you, and fees run about a cent. But everything is in the open. If you're technical, verify it yourself.
Coinbase’s Ethereum L2 — where agent commerce settles in USDC.
- Registry
- 0x264eFed8…c27a3A
- Certificates (ERC-721)
- 0xB957C84B…805FFb
- Licenses
- 0x4e00D18d…997Cb9
- Royalties
- 0x9ECf9F77…e56de5
Sub-second finality on the C-Chain. Same registry, different rail.
- Registry
- 0xAC2bf87F…B1121C
- Certificates (ERC-721)
- 0x6436c232…9d97c1
- Licenses
- 0xFde842A1…3E0c25
- Royalties
- 0x5110cD0B…1cb075
Identical contract bytecode on both networks. Addresses above are the live production deployments — click any of them to read the code and every transaction on a public explorer.
Inquiries
Asked by musicians.
No. If you can upload a file, you can register. Signing up creates a simple smart wallet for you — no seed phrases, nothing to install — and fees are typically about a cent. The blockchain layer is there if you want it, invisible if you don’t.
No. You keep full ownership of your work. Registering creates a public, timestamped record that you are the author — evidence that works for you, not a transfer of anything.
Songs, stems, beats, lyrics, artwork, photos, video, 3D models, code, datasets, even voice models. If it’s a file, it can be fingerprinted and registered.
You set the terms — commercial use, remixing, AI training — and the price. When someone licenses your work, payment goes straight to your wallet, split automatically between you and any collaborators at the percentages you chose.
Only on your terms. Every registered work carries an AI-training permission you control — off by default, or priced however you like. Agents can check and pay for permission programmatically.
It’s complementary. Copyright exists the moment you create; the registry gives you independent, tamper-proof evidence of when and what you created. For statutory benefits in the US you can still file with the Copyright Office.
Two minutes. About a cent.
Proof that lasts forever.
Registration is the cheapest insurance a song can have.
Register your first workNot sure it pays? Run your numbers — we'll email the game plan