Cleared
Catch sample-based copyright infringement before it blows up.
Detect stolen samples, hidden Content ID traps, and sketchy royalty-free loops in any uploaded track — automatically.
Why it matters
The overwhelming majority of copyright lawsuits come from 1 thing: samples.
Most sample lawsuits settle for $150,000 on the low end. Millions on high end.
That’s a big bill for a loop someone thought was “free.”
Cleared™ helps UGC platforms, distributors, and sync libraries flag risky content before it gets published — or sued.
This is your pre-flight checklist for audio. Plug it in. Scan the file. Make a decision.
Platforms like Canva, Soundstripe, That Pitch & more use Cleared™ to keep stolen tracks off their servers — and lawsuits off their desk.
What Cleared detects ↓
- Label-owned samples
- Major and indie catalog matches, full or partial.
- Sketchy royalty-free content
- Splice, Tracklib, YouTube Library — we scan it all.
- Content ID conflicts
- Even if the sample is legal, it might still trigger a takedown.
- Metadata mismatch
- We check audio fingerprinting, not just what someone typed in.
- We know if something is truly released or not.
Release Status
Detection of existing releases across all streaming platforms and the entire internet
Label Sample Risk
Assessment of master recording copyright infringement risk from label samples (major labels and 2000+ prominent indie labels)
CID Conflict Risk
Assessment of potential takedown and monetization risks from samples — including major label and royalty-free content. (If Label Risk is clean, the match is likely a royalty-free sample from Splice or one of thousands of sites we monitor that often trigger Content ID Conflicts.)
01:19 to 01:28
Potential conflict with: Chicago
by LNKWN from Sapphire
Sample conflicts may occur with this content
00:37 to 00:43
Potential conflict with: FIGHT/MYSELF
by REMSOUL from RETROSOUL
Sample conflicts may occur with this content
00:13 to 00:21
Potential conflict with: Face It (feat. Chancellor Nelson)
by DonnyThaGod from Face II (feat. Chancellor Nelson)
Sample conflicts may occur with this content
What you get
A dead-simple report with everything that actually matters:
Label Sample Risks — so you don’t get sued
Release Status — so you don’t upload a duplicate
CID Conflict Risks — so you don’t get demonetized
Plus: exact timestamps for everything we find.
No guesswork. No legal speak. Just the truth.
Built for your role
Whether you’re a Distributor, Catalog Owner, or a Platform.
We break down what the results mean for you — no legal jargon, just clear next steps.
Easy API, No Nonsense
Up and running in 10 minutes. Scales with you.
You see what’s happening. You know what you’ll pay.
Fast install. Clear usage. No sales calls. Predictable pricing.
Happy partners
Joel T Jordan
Founder, Synchtank
“Finally, a way for distributors, labels, and UGC to truly understand what is being uploaded to their catalog.
Cleared is able to distinguish unauthorized sample usage, and by a long shot to anyone else.
I wholly recommend anyone and everyone in the industry to use Cleared in their workflow.”
Isaac Benjamin
Head of Distribution, Boost Collective
“Will a label file a DMCA? Will Merlin say I shouldn’t have approved that in hindsight?
Will this song cause a takedown on Youtube Content ID? Yes or no? That’s what Cleared answers.
I tried to break it. Threw a rare guitar loop I recorded myself, buried in reverb, sold in a beat pack to like 15 people. It flagged it. No Content ID. Tried some of my own Splice-based tracks. Verb over an Avicci track. Caught them.
It simply, works.
We love, and rely on Cleared every day as part of our workflow.”
Peter Harvey
Founder, Royfi
“Simply put, we use Cleared for every single track sent to Royfi.
We don’t trust a song, until we get the Cleared stamp of approval.
We rely on it every single day.
If you are in the business of music copyrights, this needs to be part of your workflow.”
Get started in minutes
First 50 tracks are on the house.
After that? Just 7 cents a track.
Billing is automatic. Usage is clear.
No surprises – just how it should be.