Intellectual Property vs Shamusic: What is the best way to protect your music in 2025?

In a world where millions of songs are uploaded to the internet every day, protecting your music is not an option: it is a necessity.
Intellectual property is the traditional legal framework that protects artistic creation. However, new platforms like Shamusic are revolutionizing this concept with blockchain technology, immediate accessibility and an approach designed exclusively for emerging and independent artists.

What is intellectual property and how does it work?

Musical intellectual property refers to the set of rights that a creator has over his work: whether it is a lyric, a melody, a beat or a complete song.
In Spain, the traditional body where these rights are registered is the Intellectual Property Registry (RPI). By registering your work there, you obtain a legal presumption of authorship.

Advantages of the traditional system:

• It has state recognition and a solid legal basis.

• Useful in complex legal proceedings.

• It can be a valid complement if you are going to litigate in court.

But there are also important limitations:

• The process can take weeks or even months.

• It is not free of charge.

• Requires face-to-face procedures or with advanced digital signature.

• It does not offer visibility.

What is Shamusic and how does it redefine music protection?

Shamusic is a Web3 music platform that allows you to register your music immediately and with international legal validity thanks to blockchain technology.

By uploading your song, beat, lyrics or demo at
open.shamusic.es
you get:

• A unique and unalterable digital certificate of authorship.

• Protected registration in blockchain (unique fingerprint).

• International legal validity.

• Ultra-affordable price: 1 € per work or 9,99 €/month with unlimited registration.

• No legal formalities, no paperwork.

Key differences: intellectual property vs Shamusic

Element	Traditional Registration (RPI)	Shamusic
Protection time	Days or weeks	Immediate (seconds)
Technology used	Digital signature / documents	Blockchain
Cost per job	Variable (up to 15 € per work)	1,00 per work / 9,99 € monthly unlimited
Accessibility	Complex, unintuitive	100% online, without technical barriers
Oriented to emerging and independent artists	No	Yes, 100%.
International legal validity	No. It has territorial or local validity of the public administration in question. For Spain the Spanish registry or in Europe the European registry.	Yes, automatically by blockchain hash
Plagiarism prevention	Valid but not backed by immutable technology	Certificate valid from time 0

Which is more suitable for an emerging or independent artist?

If you are an independent artist who:

• Publish music on networks or streaming platforms.

• Collaborate with producers or composers.

• You are afraid of plagiarism or misuse of your ideas.

• You want to have security and your certificate of authorship from the very first minute…

Shamusic is your best option.

You can complement this later with a traditional intellectual property registration and register with the SGAE to manage collective rights. But the solid foundation starts by registering your music with Shamusic.