Platform authorization support
A SWLEF record is an evidence package reference: a structured, time-stamped summary of what a rights holder submitted, how it was reviewed, which official accounts were verified and how long the authorisation runs — with a live verification page any platform can open. This page explains how registrants use it in platform procedures and what platform teams can and cannot read into it.
What the evidence package contains
- Identity of the work and of the rights holder — registry IDs for both, with the company’s compliance status.
- Review summary — evidence level (None / Basic / Standard / Strong), confidence (High / Medium / Limited), chain of title (Yes / Partial / No), reviewer type and review date.
- Scope as evidenced — rights (audio, video, publishing, distribution, monetisation, enforcement), territories, languages, platforms and the validity window.
- Verified platform accounts — official accounts whose control was confirmed, with the verification method and date.
- Integrity data — SHA-256 content fingerprint, HMAC-SHA256 registry signature, and the QR verification link.
- Audit trail — dated status changes, notices, disputes and their outcomes.
- Documents on file — listed by class; the documents themselves are released by the rights holder, not by SWLEF, unless a procedure requires otherwise.
Platform connections
Verified companies connect official accounts on 24 supported platforms. Where a platform offers official sign-in, the connection uses OAuth 2.0 with PKCE and the minimum read-only scope; where it does not, SWLEF issues a unique code to be placed in the account’s public profile, in a DNS TXT record or in a website meta tag, and checks it automatically. Tokens are encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM; SWLEF never posts, edits, messages or deletes on a connected account. A verified connection proves control of the account at verification time — nothing more — and is re-checked periodically; lapsed connections are omitted from later certificates.
Workflows
Content ID onboarding and asset-ownership disputes turn on documented chain of title and on the precise scope of rights (territories, windows, audio versus video). A SWLEF record presents exactly those elements in one place — the reviewed documents list, the scope as evidenced, the validity window and the verified channel connection — so that a rights holder can reference a single registry ID in its application or dispute response, and the reviewing team can verify the record in seconds.
Rights Manager applications ask for proof that the applicant owns or controls a catalogue of content. The SWLEF evidence package organises ownership declarations, licence scope and the verified Facebook or Instagram connection into a reference that an application or a match-rule dispute can cite. The platform’s own eligibility criteria continue to apply.
Intellectual-property report forms require identification of the work, proof of authority and a good-faith statement. A verified SWLEF record supplies the identification and the review summary; the certificate’s QR link allows the platform’s reviewer to confirm the record without correspondence.
Acquisition and compliance teams use the registry to identify the party to contact about a work, to check that the licensor’s scope matches the deal, and to document due diligence. Verified records with Strong evidence and High confidence are most useful; public metadata references identify a work but say nothing about rights.
A takedown notice or an appeal typically needs proof of authority, scope, validity dates and history. SWLEF records collect those elements with time stamps; the Rights & Takedown Desk documents notices and counter-notices in the record’s audit trail so that the sequence of events can be reconstructed later.
Where two parties claim the same work, SWLEF records both submissions, flags the record as Disputed with a public warning, narrows the verified scope to what is undisputed, and documents the outcome. Platforms are not asked to take sides; they receive a complete, dated picture.
Licences end. Every evidenced authorisation carries valid-from and valid-until dates; expired authorisations stop presenting as active automatically and certificates issued for them become invalid. Platforms that check the live verification page therefore never rely on a lapsed authorisation.
For platform teams: how to read a record in 60 seconds
- Open swlef.com/verify and enter the registry ID, or scan the certificate’s QR code.
- Check the label: only Verified by evidence means documents were reviewed. Public metadata reference identifies the work and certifies nothing.
- Read the scope and the validity window; anything not listed was not verified. Check the dispute state.
- Read the confidence grade; for Limited confidence request the underlying documents from the rights holder before acting.
- Apply your own policy. The record is one element of evidence, not a decision.
References to third-party platforms are made solely to describe rights administration workflows and platform coverage. SWLEF does not claim affiliation, endorsement, sponsorship, or authorization by any third-party platform unless expressly stated in writing. See also the Platform Disclaimer, the Certificate Terms & Reliance Policy and the Evidence Review Methodology.