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Go From Creator to Founder: Build Systems and Structures That Set You Free
If you spend more time on emails and invoices than on creative work, your business is running you—let’s fix that. Most creatives launch their businesses with passion and talent but quickly get overwhelmed by contracts,...
The California Freelance Worker Protection Act: How Businesses and Freelancers Can Use It To Collaborate Powerfully
California’s Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA) empowers businesses and freelancers to collaborate better. For years, we’ve worked with freelancers and the businesses that hire them and seen how the old way of working led to...
5 Steps to Master Copyright Licensing To Grow Your Revenue Streams As A Creative
Are you leaving money on the table by selling your copyrights instead of renting them? If so, you’re not alone, but we will change that. Many creative entrepreneurs unknowingly sell their copyrights for far less...
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Creative Services Agreement Added To Creators’ Legal Program
Solid contracts provide a foundation upon which to grow a creative business. And contracts that everyone can understand are even better. That’s why members of the Creators’ Legal Program now have access to a concise and readable Creative Services Agreement. This is an...
Ways To Stay Out Of Court
As a lawyer, what I want most is for people to stay out of court. Especially my clients. There are good companies that have had to shut down because of lawsuits, and even if you win the process is draining and expensive. The good news is that you can increase your...
Copyright Basics at 2015 AIGA Design Conference
This past weekend I was on a panel called “Copyright Basics You Can Use” at the 2015 American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) Design Conference. My co-panelists were two amazing designers, Stefan Bucher and Robynne Raye. Our talk was (as you might imagine) about...
Five Ways A Creative Services Contract Can Help You Make Money
Anyone providing creative services for money will have some sort of creative services contract. This contract defines the relationship between creative service provider and client. It makes the terms of engagement clear so that the project gets delivered and the...
