MUSIC SERVICE FOR THE DETECTION OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

A system to detect an infringing audio composition is disclosed. The system is configured to receive an audio file from a user; prepare track samples based on the audio file to compare with audio files stored with a digital rights repository; determine an original audio recording from the digital rights repository; prepare an acapella version of the original audio recording and/or an instrumental version based on the original audio recording; process, by iteratively varying a pitch, a tempo and/or a key of, the versions to create a processed iteration of each version; automatically compare the processed iterations of the audio files stored with a digital rights repository; determine a match between the processed iterations and the audio files stored with the digital rights repository; and determine a digital rights action to take based on the match between the processed iteration of each of the versions.