Copyright Information · DailyWorship

This page covers the practical side of copyright on DailyWorship: ownership of generated tracks, the protections that reduce the risk of copying existing works, and how rights holders can request a takedown. For the conceptual overview, see Copyright & Intellectual Property.

Who owns a generated track#

When you generate a track on DailyWorship:

You hold the rights to use it under the license attached to your tier — see Licensing Information.
The platform retains the right to use anonymized aggregate metadata (style, mood, theme) for service improvement and to display public tracks in the discovery feed.
No human composer or lyricist co-owns the track; generated tracks are produced by software, not co-authored by us.

Remember the AI-copyright caveat: copyrightability of purely AI-generated content is unsettled (see Copyright & Intellectual Property). The license we grant you is enforceable as a contract regardless of whether copyright subsists.

What we do to prevent copying existing works#

Prompt-level moderation#

Prompts that ask the system to copy existing work are blocked before generation, for example "in the style of" a named artist, "make it sound like" a song, or requests to clone, copy, imitate or replicate. See Blocked Prompts.

Lyric similarity checks#

Lyrics are compared against a staff-maintained list of copyrighted reference lyrics and against recent public tracks on DailyWorship:

Lyrics you write or paste are checked when you submit them. If they are too close to a reference, the request is rejected before any credit is used, and you're asked to write original lyrics.
Lyrics our AI writes for you are checked before the song is sung. A take that is too close is discarded and rewritten. If several takes in a row are flagged, the song is generated without those lyrics rather than with them.

Audio: what we check and what we don't#

Every finished track is stamped with a content hash, which lets us detect exact duplicates of an existing file, and with C2PA Content Credentials that record it as AI-generated. We do not currently compare generated audio against a database of commercial recordings. Melodic resemblance to an existing song is therefore something you should listen for yourself (see below), and anyone can report a track that sounds like an existing work.

Reports and review#

If you believe a DailyWorship track copies an existing work, write to us through the Contact page or send a notice to our Designated Copyright Agent (below). A person reviews every report, and tracks that infringe are removed.

The prompt and lyric checks run automatically; you'll only notice them if a request is blocked or rejected for similarity reasons.

What you should still do#

No automated check is perfect, so before releasing a track commercially:

Read the lyrics carefully.
Listen for melodic familiarity — if a melody strongly reminds you of an existing song, regenerate or keep it internal.
When in doubt, hold off — a commercial release is hard to retract.

Designated Copyright Agent#

Notices of claimed infringement should be sent to our designated agent:

Name / Role: Copyright Officer
Operating entity: Intelligent Singularity Inc.
Address: Suite C, 16644 - 71 St, Edmonton, AB T5Z 0N5, Canada
Email: copyright@dailyworship.net
Telephone: +1-780-800-4008

This agent receives notices under both the U.S. DMCA (17 U.S.C. § 512) and Canada's notice-and-notice regime (Copyright Act §§ 41.25–41.26).

If you believe a track infringes your copyright#

To file a takedown:

Email copyright@dailyworship.net with the subject "Copyright takedown".
Include:

The URL of the allegedly infringing track on DailyWorship.
A description of the copyrighted work you own and identifying material.
Your contact information (name, email, postal address).
A statement that you have a good-faith belief the use is not authorized.
A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information is accurate and that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for them.

We review every request and respond, typically within 5 business days.
If the takedown is valid, the track is removed and the creator is notified.

A counter-notification process is available for creators who believe a takedown was filed in error; details are in the Terms of Service.

This process mirrors the U.S. DMCA and is compatible with Canada's notice-and-notice regime and other jurisdictions' takedown rules.

Repeat infringers#

Accounts that repeatedly publish tracks taken down for infringement are subject to suspension or termination. The platform exists to help worship leaders make original music, not to launder copyrighted work.

Public-domain hymns and traditional material#

A large body of worship music is public domain — for example, most hymns published before about 1925 in the U.S. (cutoffs differ by country). Generating a worship track inspired by, quoting from, or arranging a public-domain hymn is within the platform's intended use. See Generating for Special Occasions.

Scripture#

Scripture text in its underlying form is not copyrightable, but specific modern translations may be (for example, NIV, ESV). Quoting Scripture in lyrics is normal worship practice; if you use a copyrighted translation extensively in lyrics intended for commercial release, check that translation publisher's permissions.

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