Recording a work and proving that you are authorized to enforce rights in that work are not exactly the same thing.

Why verification matters

Enforcement can affect another person's content or account. A careful workflow therefore asks for an ownership basis before a protected asset moves into enforcement.

Useful context can include creation, company ownership, client authorization, licences or assignments.

Verification is not necessarily a final legal determination of ownership. It is a review of whether the submitted basis is sufficient for a particular workflow.

See How ownership verification works.