diff --git a/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase.rs b/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase.rs
index a3632d1d8..cad6aa284 100644
--- a/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase.rs
+++ b/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase.rs
@@ -565,7 +565,13 @@ fn gate_plates(io: &Io) -> Gate {
                     rr.pointer("/px/h").and_then(Value::as_f64).unwrap_or(0.0),
                 );
                 let same = impeccable_comp::metrics::structure_score(&raw, &r::resize(&img.image, raw.width as f64, raw.height as f64), 256);
-                if same >= 0.95 {
+                let copied_pixels = impeccable_comp::source_pixels::is_transformed_copy(&raw, &img.image)
+                    || impeccable_comp::source_pixels::is_transformed_copy(refimg, &img.image);
+                if copied_pixels {
+                    reasons.push(format!(
+                        "plate {file} is the comp crop of region {id} (registered RGB pixels match after resampling and a small translation): a crop of the comp is never a plate; regenerate the plate using the crop only as a reference"
+                    ));
+                } else if same >= 0.95 {
                     reasons.push(format!(
                         "plate {file} is the comp crop of region {id} (structure {}% against the raw region, a resample of the same pixels): a crop of the comp is never a plate; generate the plate from the crop as reference ({s} generate-image --ref <crop.png> --prompt-file <prompt.txt> --out <plate.png> for {id})",
                         to_fixed(same * 100.0, 0)
diff --git a/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase/integrity_tests.rs b/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase/integrity_tests.rs
index 40c2fb6c1..0709c761b 100644
--- a/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase/integrity_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/comp-verbs/src/build_phase/integrity_tests.rs
@@ -732,3 +732,25 @@ fn caller_supplied_fake_metadata_cannot_bypass_the_crop_check() {
     assert!(!gate.ok);
     assert!(gate.reasons.iter().any(|reason| reason.contains("is the comp crop")), "{:?}", gate.reasons);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn stripped_blurred_shifted_comp_pixels_cannot_pass_with_a_generation_prompt() {
+    let ws=Workspace::new();
+    ws.write("comp.png", include_bytes!("../../../comp/tests/fixtures/comp-copy/reference.png"));
+    let changed=png_io::decode_png(include_bytes!("../../../comp/tests/fixtures/comp-copy/transformed.png")).unwrap().image;
+    ws.write("plate.png", &png_io::encode_png(&changed,&[("impeccable:prompt".into(),"High resolution photography".into())]).unwrap());
+    ws.write(SPEC_PATH,util::json_pretty(&json!({"comp":"comp.png","regions":[
+        {"id":"photo","kind":"plate","medium":"raster","plate":"plate.png","px":{"x":0,"y":0,"w":128,"h":96}}
+    ]})).as_bytes());
+    let gate=gate_plates(&ws.io());
+    assert!(!gate.ok);
+    assert!(gate.reasons.iter().any(|r|r.contains("registered RGB pixels match")),"{:?}",gate.reasons);
+    assert_eq!(gate.plates.unwrap()[0]["status"],"invalid");
+    // Texture patches are explicitly allowed by new-work.md. Fidelity checks
+    // still apply, but this source-pixel prohibition must not apply to them.
+    ws.write(SPEC_PATH,util::json_pretty(&json!({"comp":"comp.png","regions":[
+        {"id":"material","kind":"texture","medium":"raster","plate":"plate.png","px":{"x":0,"y":0,"w":128,"h":96}}
+    ]})).as_bytes());
+    let texture_gate = gate_plates(&ws.io());
+    assert!(!texture_gate.reasons.iter().any(|r|r.contains("is the comp crop")),"{:?}",texture_gate.reasons);
+}
diff --git a/crates/comp/src/lib.rs b/crates/comp/src/lib.rs
index caa4baecb..a40f4c5de 100644
--- a/crates/comp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/comp/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ pub mod jsnum;
 pub mod metrics;
 pub mod png_io;
 pub mod raster;
+pub mod source_pixels;
 
 /// CRC-32 (IEEE, the same polynomial the JS png encoder uses) over a byte
 /// slice. Exposed so parity tests can checksum decoded pixel buffers.
diff --git a/crates/comp/src/source_pixels.rs b/crates/comp/src/source_pixels.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5761346b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/comp/src/source_pixels.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+//! Source-pixel reuse is separate from compositional fidelity.
+use crate::raster::Image;
+
+/// Require near-identical registered RGB pixels, not just the same silhouette.
+/// Downsampling absorbs encoding/resampling noise; a bounded fractional shift
+/// catches small rolls without searching for arbitrary lookalike subimages.
+/// Flat fields are not sufficient evidence of common origin.
+/// The residual allowance is 7/255 per channel after registration; this is a
+/// conservative copy signal, not a provenance proof for arbitrary transforms.
+pub fn is_transformed_copy(reference: &Image, candidate: &Image) -> bool {
+    if reference.width < 16
+        || reference.height < 16
+        || candidate.width < 16
+        || candidate.height < 16
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let ratio = reference.width as f64 / reference.height as f64;
+    let other = candidate.width as f64 / candidate.height as f64;
+    if (ratio / other - 1.0).abs() > 0.03 {
+        return false;
+    }
+    let w = 32usize;
+    let h = ((32.0 / ratio).round() as usize).clamp(16, 64);
+    let a = smooth(&area_reduce(reference, w, h));
+    let b = smooth(&area_reduce(candidate, w, h));
+    let sample = |x: f64, y: f64, c: usize| {
+        let ix = x.floor() as usize;
+        let iy = y.floor() as usize;
+        let fx = x - ix as f64;
+        let fy = y - iy as f64;
+        let p = |xx, yy| b.data[(yy * w + xx) * 4 + c] as f64;
+        p(ix, iy) * (1.0 - fx) * (1.0 - fy)
+            + p(ix + 1, iy) * fx * (1.0 - fy)
+            + p(ix, iy + 1) * (1.0 - fx) * fy
+            + p(ix + 1, iy + 1) * fx * fy
+    };
+    for sy in -8..=8 {
+        for sx in -8..=8 {
+            let (dx, dy) = (sx as f64 / 8.0, sy as f64 / 8.0);
+            let (mut n, mut sa, mut sb, mut aa, mut bb, mut ab, mut error) =
+                (0.0, [0.0; 3], [0.0; 3], 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+            for y in 2..h - 2 {
+                for x in 2..w - 2 {
+                    for c in 0..3 {
+                        let av = a.data[(y * w + x) * 4 + c] as f64;
+                        let bv = sample(x as f64 + dx, y as f64 + dy, c);
+                        n += 1.0;
+                        sa[c] += av;
+                        sb[c] += bv;
+                        aa += av * av;
+                        bb += bv * bv;
+                        ab += av * bv;
+                        error += (av - bv) * (av - bv);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            let pixels = n / 3.0;
+            let va = aa - sa.iter().map(|v| v * v / pixels).sum::<f64>();
+            let vb = bb - sb.iter().map(|v| v * v / pixels).sum::<f64>();
+            if va / n < 324.0 || vb / n < 324.0 {
+                continue;
+            }
+            let covariance = ab - (0..3).map(|c| sa[c] * sb[c] / pixels).sum::<f64>();
+            let correlation = covariance / (va * vb).sqrt();
+            if correlation >= 0.995 && (error / n).sqrt() <= 7.0 {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    false
+}
+
+// A small, identical low-pass filter removes residual phase differences at
+// hard edges. Comparisons below skip the untouched outer margin.
+fn smooth(image: &Image) -> Image {
+    let mut out = image.clone();
+    let weights = [1.0, 2.0, 1.0];
+    for y in 1..image.height - 1 {
+        for x in 1..image.width - 1 {
+            for c in 0..3 {
+                let mut sum = 0.0;
+                for dy in 0..3 {
+                    for dx in 0..3 {
+                        sum += image.data[((y + dy - 1) * image.width + x + dx - 1) * 4 + c] as f64
+                            * weights[dy]
+                            * weights[dx];
+                    }
+                }
+                out.data[(y * image.width + x) * 4 + c] = (sum / 16.0).round() as u8;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+// Area averaging removes aliasing before comparing differently sized versions.
+// Bilinear resize alone samples high-frequency edges differently after a roll.
+fn area_reduce(image: &Image, w: usize, h: usize) -> Image {
+    if image.width < w || image.height < h {
+        return crate::raster::resize(image, w as f64, h as f64);
+    }
+    let mut out = crate::raster::create_image(w, h, [0, 0, 0, 255]);
+    let sx = image.width as f64 / w as f64;
+    let sy = image.height as f64 / h as f64;
+    for y in 0..h {
+        let top = y as f64 * sy;
+        let bottom = (y + 1) as f64 * sy;
+        for x in 0..w {
+            let left = x as f64 * sx;
+            let right = (x + 1) as f64 * sx;
+            let mut sums = [0.0; 3];
+            for iy in top.floor() as usize..(bottom.ceil() as usize).min(image.height) {
+                let wy = bottom.min((iy + 1) as f64) - top.max(iy as f64);
+                for ix in left.floor() as usize..(right.ceil() as usize).min(image.width) {
+                    let weight = wy * (right.min((ix + 1) as f64) - left.max(ix as f64));
+                    for c in 0..3 {
+                        sums[c] += image.data[(iy * image.width + ix) * 4 + c] as f64 * weight;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            for c in 0..3 {
+                out.data[(y * w + x) * 4 + c] = (sums[c] / (sx * sy)).round() as u8;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    out
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::{png_io::decode_png, raster};
+    fn reference() -> Image {
+        decode_png(include_bytes!("../tests/fixtures/comp-copy/reference.png"))
+            .unwrap()
+            .image
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn stripped_rescaled_blurred_and_rolled_reference_is_still_a_copy() {
+        let transformed = decode_png(include_bytes!(
+            "../tests/fixtures/comp-copy/transformed.png"
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(transformed.text.is_empty());
+        assert!(is_transformed_copy(&reference(), &transformed.image));
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn hard_edges_survive_resampling_without_aliasing_away_the_match() {
+        let original = decode_png(include_bytes!(
+            "../tests/fixtures/comp-copy/detailed-reference.png"
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        let transformed = decode_png(include_bytes!(
+            "../tests/fixtures/comp-copy/detailed-transformed.png"
+        ))
+        .unwrap();
+        assert!(is_transformed_copy(&original.image, &transformed.image));
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn matching_geometry_with_different_color_or_aspect_is_not_enough() {
+        let original = reference();
+        let mut recolored = original.clone();
+        for pixel in recolored.data.chunks_exact_mut(4) {
+            pixel[0] = pixel[0].saturating_sub(25);
+            pixel[2] = pixel[2].saturating_add(25);
+        }
+        assert!(!is_transformed_copy(&original, &recolored));
+        let stretched = raster::resize(&original, 256.0, 96.0);
+        assert!(!is_transformed_copy(&original, &stretched));
+    }
+    #[test]
+    fn independent_pixels_and_common_flat_backgrounds_are_not_copy_proof() {
+        let independent = decode_png(include_bytes!(
+            "../tests/fixtures/comp-copy/independent.png"
+        ))
+        .unwrap()
+        .image;
+        assert!(!is_transformed_copy(&reference(), &independent));
+        let flat = raster::create_image(128, 96, [240, 230, 210, 255]);
+        assert!(!is_transformed_copy(&flat, &flat));
+        let saturated = raster::create_image(128, 96, [250, 20, 20, 255]);
+        assert!(!is_transformed_copy(&saturated, &saturated));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/comp/tests/fixtures/comp-copy/README.md b/crates/comp/tests/fixtures/comp-copy/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f767d6e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/comp/tests/fixtures/comp-copy/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Source-pixel regression fixtures
+
+`reference.png` is synthetic RGB artwork with smoothly varying color, shapes,
+and fine noise. `independent.png` uses the same palette and construction with a
+different seed. Neither contains photographs or user artifacts.
+
+`transformed.png` reproduces the image-processing sequence observed in a Gemini
+comp-led eval. From this directory:
+
+```sh
+magick reference.png -strip -resize 300% -scale 94% -scale 106.38% -blur 0x0.7 -roll +2+1 transformed.png
+```
+
+The crate test verifies the PNG has no retained source metadata. The gate test
+adds an invented generation prompt before checking it: prompt metadata is not
+proof of generation. Texture patches retain their explicit exemption.
+
+This is a regression for resampling, mild blur and small translations, not a
+claim to identify every possible transformed copy. The independent-pixel and
+flat-field checks guard against treating a shared palette as proof of copying.
+
+`detailed-reference.png` is a synthetic grid of colored panels with hard edges
+(seed 917). `detailed-transformed.png` applies the same command to it, guarding
+against aliasing during differently sized image comparisons.
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