Mark Nichols
That this exact file — these exact bytes, and no other — was registered by the person above, on the date above, and has not been altered since. The fingerprint is a one-way summary of the file: it cannot be turned back into the file, and no other file produces it.
You do not have to take our word for any of it. The record is signed with the owner's private key, and the signature can be checked against their public key using ordinary cryptography — by you, by your lawyer, by anyone, with or without us. The registry is a convenience. The proof is mathematics.
What this page does NOT prove: that the work is good, that it is original, or that any statement the owner made about it is true. It proves who said what, and when. That is a great deal, and it is not everything.
Have the file? Drop it in here — it is fingerprinted in your own browser and never uploaded, and you will see whether it matches this record.
Want the raw signed record and the signature, to verify independently? Take it.