Sample Clearance Map

See every rights-holder you need to clear a sample with, master and publishing, with shares, statuses, contacts, the traps flagged, and a drafted next step for each party. A copilot for the clearance, not an auto-clear: it builds the map, you make the deals.

Map any song

Worked examples

Unreleased major-label single (name withheld)

samples "Hot This Year" by Dirtsman (1991)

A real clearance with every classic trap in it: an aggregator upload posing as the master, a 20% publishing share unmatched at the MLC, one intestate estate, one frozen estate, and a conflicting PRO claim.

2022 major-label album track (name withheld)

samples "Pon De Floor" by Major Lazer feat. Vybz Kartel (2009)

The clean counterpart: 100% of the publishing is mapped at the MLC across four administrators (UMPG, Kobalt, BMG, NW Collections), every writer has an IPI, and because the artist re-performed the sampled element it is an interpolation, so no third-party master license is needed.

Prospective clearance (before you sample)

samples "back to friends" by sombr (2024)

The reverse direction: scope a clearance before you commit to the sample. One writer, one administrator (Sony/ATV for Songs of Orchard Publishing), one Warner master, but the MLC shows a live Overclaim on the work, so the 100% on paper is contested and needs written confirmation before any license.

Ownership data comes live from The MLC public works database, the US Copyright Office tabular index, and Spotify. Informational only. Verify with the rights-holders before relying on it.