Secure and Transparent Intellectual Property Registration and Protection using Blockchain

Music ownership protection remains a persistent challenge within the digital distribution ecosystem. Our project is a blockchain-backed rights management framework that registers musical works using cryptographic hashing and acoustic fingerprinting to establish verifiable ownership. The system integrates decentralized ledger storage, duplicate detection through fingerprint similarity scoring, and a user-friendly interface to ensure transparent provenance. Performance evaluation indicates an average fingerprint generation time of 1--2 seconds for standard-length tracks on an Intel i7 system, while successfully blocking duplicate submissions and flagging remix derivatives. The framework enhances transparency, trust, and evidence-based copyright verification and can be extended into full public blockchain networks with NFT-based licensing in future iterations.