Protecting creative rights

Your work is yours. Keep the proof. Own your rights.

CreateDefend tools run quietly beside your music and writing software, scanning and signing your progress automatically. Your work never leaves your machine. When someone questions what you made, you can show how you made it.

What are you making?

MusicSongs, beats, scores, sessions TrackWitness → A bookNovels, nonfiction, from notes to upload FoliOwn → Visual artIllustration, design, digital painting SketchOwn →
For musicians

Show how the song was made, take by take. The audio becomes the proof of authenticity and ownership.

TrackWitness Beta

Runs beside your DAW and automatically signs every meaningful save into a running record of your sessions. Works with all popular DAWs.

It can embed a mark in the audio that points back to your signed record, and put your protections against misuse, such as political advertising, publicity or AI training, on the record.

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Session record · "Late Bloom"example
14:02Session openedsigned
14:11Vocal take 7 recordedsigned
14:26Bridge rearrangedsigned
14:41Synth pad addedsigning
For writers

Prove the book is yours by showing how you wrote it.

FoliOwn Beta

FoliOwn runs beside the writing tool you already use and keeps a signed, timestamped record of how your book took shape, from the first note to the retailer upload. Your manuscript never leaves your machine.

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Manuscript record · "Locker 47"example
Mar 2 · Notes
last train, 12:05
Noah a little drunk. Zagreb??
signed
Mar 5 · Voice memo
0:42
"What if the key in his pocket is for locker 47?" signed
Mar 9 · Outline
Ch 3 The key Ch 4 Departure Ch 5 Zagreb
signed
Apr 14 · First draft
The last train left at five past midnight. Noah, a little drunk, watched the station shrink until it was only a light.
signed
Jun 3 · Revision 6
Noah watched the station platform blur as the last train pulled out for Zagreb.
signed
Aug 20 · Manuscript
Locker 47 Final manuscript · EPUB
Uploaded to retailer signed
For digital artists

Show how the piece was made, stage by stage. Your process becomes the proof.

SketchOwn Coming soon

SketchOwn runs beside Procreate, Photoshop and the other tools you already draw in, and keeps a signed, timestamped record of how each piece took shape, from thumbnails to the final export. Your artwork never leaves your machine.

When you release a piece, it can carry content credentials and an invisible mark that can lead copies back to your record, with your terms on the record too, such as no AI training without permission.

See SketchOwn →
Piece record · "Glass Orchard" coverexample
Sep 21Thumbnails, Procreatesigned
Sep 26Sketch, Procreatesigned
Oct 3Lineart, Photoshopsigned
Oct 10Flats, Photoshopsigned
Music and writing

Your work stays with you. The proof is anchored for good.

Set it up once and get back to work. Your songs and manuscripts never leave your machine. What reaches us is a timestamp we anchor cryptographically on our server, so anyone can later verify when your record was made.

AutomaticOur tools scan and sign your progress as you work. Nothing to remember, nothing to export by hand.
PrivateYour audio and your manuscripts stay on your own machine. We never need to see the work to vouch for when it existed.
AnchoredTimestamps are anchored cryptographically on our server, so the date on your record holds up when it matters.
ConfigurableChoose how often your work is signed, which files are tracked and what gets anchored, and put your rights and terms of use on the record.

An accusation doesn't need to be true to cost you something.

Clients hesitate. Platforms flag uploads. Readers ask whether a person really wrote the book. And you end up proving a negative after the fact.

CreateDefend exists to protect creative rights, so you don't have to relitigate your own process every time someone doubts it.

Built for working artistsNot an enterprise compliance tool.
Plain languageNothing that reports on you.
Ready before you need itThe record builds while you work.

Start your record before you need it.

We're in a closed beta. Tell us what you're making and we'll follow up directly.