Copyright Compliance System for Detection, Removal, and Identification

Automatically detect, identify, and remove copyrighted music before it ever gets published or goes to air. AudioShake's modular Copyright Compliance System combines music detection, identification, and removal in one pipeline. Use the full system, or adopt the components your workflow needs. Eliminate the risk of fines, takedowns, and muted streams while preserving dialogue, ambient sound, and effects.

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Film Credits: Jaywalker Music
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What is the Copyright Compliance System?

The AudioShake Copyright Compliance System is an end-to-end copyright compliance pipeline that detects music in any media file, identifies what’s licensed for enhanced cue sheet reporting, and removes copyrighted music from finished recordings when needed.
FAST channels, streaming archives, and social distribution have exponentially expanded the surfaces where content lives, and where it needs to be cleared, making copyright compliance a major drag on monetization. Manual workflows don't hold up across thousands of hours of catalog, and they haven't been able to run on live feeds before.
Music detection
Music identification
Copyright music removal
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Identify, remove, and document music

AudioShake Copyright Compliance System can remove copyright music from finished recordings, strip it from live broadcasts, and produce the cue sheet documentation required for rights administration.
DETECT
Music Detection

Detect whether music is present in a piece of content, including noisy, fully-mixed audio where music is buried under dialogue, crowd noise, and effects.

DOCUMENT
Music Identification

Detect music and isolate it to get a clean signal for rights recognition. AudioShake's Copyright Compliance System returns artist, song title, album, label, release date, and ISRC for each music segment. Reduces manual reporting work for downstream cue sheet generation and music licensing workflows.

Sample output
Musical CompositionPerformer(s)Time In / Time OutRecord LabelsConfidence
Streamline Introkashc00:00:00/00:00:10 (00:00:10)kashc/0.996
WingsuitsMarcus Rivers00:00:10/00:01:30 (00:01:20)Streamline Studios, LLC/0.996
Close Friends AnthemRiley Chen00:01:50/00:02:40 (00:00:50)Wavelength Records/0.996
Huck CallsMarcus Rivers00:05:10/00:05:50 (00:00:40)Streamline Studios, LLC/0.996
REMOVE
Copyright Music Removal
Live broadcast capable

Strip copyrighted music from live broadcasts, sports feeds, and streams before content goes to air — in real time via the SDK. Or remove it via AudioShake Live or AudioShake's API for catalog and post-production workflows. Avoid copyright fees or takedowns by removing music, while keeping dialogue, effects, and ambient sound in tact.

Film Credits: Jaywalker Music
Commercial Music Removal
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Where teams use our Copyright Compliance System

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FILM and TV Catalogs
Bringing legacy catalogs back into distribution
Archival series with expired or limited music rights can’t reach new distribution windows without expensive re-licensing. The system identifies and removes original music while preserving dialogue, laughter, and sound effects, so new cues can be composed and integrated without rebuilding the original mix.
HOW JAYWALKER FILMS REPLACED 200+ EXPIRED TRACKS ON LEGACY TV CATALOGS →
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SPORTS BROADCAST & ARCHIVES
When stadium music ends up in your broadcast
Stadium music, walk-up tracks, and PA bleed enter live broadcasts as copyrighted material, and expired licenses lock archival content out of redistribution. AudioShake removes copyrighted music from live feeds and highlights, preserves commentary and crowd energy, and accelerates turnaround times across television, streaming, and social.
HOW ESPN USES audioshake across live, archival, and digital content →
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social, creator, and localized content
Copyright compliance at the scale of distribution
Content containing copyrighted music gets blocked, demonetized, or taken down — and licensed music often can't travel across territories. Our system identifies the music for cue sheet reporting, removes it where needed, and isolates dialogue for territory-specific re-scoring. Localized, sponsor-ready, or copyright-compliant versions without losing the energy that defines the content
CRUNCHLABS & mark rober expand youtube content to new languages  →
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rightS admin & pro reporting
When cue sheets don't match what's in the content
Cue sheets are how media companies prove compliance and how PROs track which compositions are owed royalties. Because our system first isolates music, it provides a clean input for content recognition, which can otherwise be tripped up by the presence of noise and other audio. This produces a much more accurate music identification, reducing the manual editing of cue sheets, delayed royalty payments, and disputes between rights holders, distributors, and PROs.
Music reports brings cue sheets directly to broadcasters & rights administrators  →
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How to use the Copyright Compliance System

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Bring content to AudioShake
Upload full video or audio to our web app, integrate via the AudioShake API, or use the AudioShake SDK for live broadcast settings.
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Select Copyright Compliance options
AudioShake detects and identifies copyrighted music with full metadata, and removes it from the mix where needed..
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Export cleared audio
Output is broadcast-ready audio, prepared for catalog distribution, FAST channel licensing, broadcast delivery, or royalty reporting.
WEB PLATFORM
Upload and process recordings directly
AudioShake Live is an intuitive, drag-and-drop web platform designed for companies, film studios, and media production teams to detect music, remove music, or identify music, as well access all of AudioShake's other separation models.
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API AND SDK
Integrate Copyright Compliance into your workflow
Connect Copyright Compliance to your pipeline via the AudioShake API for post-production or via AudioShake's SDK which enables real-time music removal in live environments.
DEVELOPER DOCS
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FAQ

Can teams use individual components of the system, or only the full pipeline?

Both. The AudioShake Copyright Compliance System is modular. Teams can run the full pipeline end-to-end (detection through cue sheet generation) or adopt individual components inside their existing workflow. For example, a post-production house already running its own removal step can use AudioShake just for music identification and cue sheet generation. A broadcaster with a separate rights management platform can use detection and identification to feed cue sheet data into that system.

How does the AudioShake Copyright Compliance System fit into existing rights administration workflows?

Cue sheets export in formats compatible with existing rights management systems and submission to PROs like ASCAP, BMI, SESAC, and PRS. AudioShake partners with Music Reports, a global leader in music rights administration, to bring AI music identification and automated cue sheet generation directly into the workflows broadcasters, streaming platforms, and production studios already use. The system integrates as a processing layer via the API, the SDK, or the AudioShake Live web platform.

What happens when a track can't be identified?

Detection still works. The AudioShake system can locate and timestamp music in a file even when identification doesn't return a match. This is common for original scores, in-house compositions, and custom or unreleased music that hasn't been registered with a PRO or rights database. Teams can flag these segments for manual review or add the metadata directly inside the workflow before exporting the cue sheet.

What metadata does music identification return?

For each identified segment, AudioShake returns the song title, artist, album, label, release date, and ISRC. Time-aligned start and end points are included for every cue, which feeds directly into cue sheet generation and PRO reporting downstream.

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