Legally Binding Online Contracts
You’ve been signing them for years without a thought. Now that you’re starting to sell your work online, do you know what makes a legally binding online contract?
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NFTs and Publishing Contracts
Have authors given up their rights to create NFTs from their books in publishing contracts that were signed before NFTs even existed?
Read MoreContract Terms: A Glossary for Creatives
Cut through the legalese in your contracts with this easy to understand glossary.
Read More7 How to Hire an Audiobook Narrator
Audiobooks build revenue. Hiring an audiobook narrator means signing a contract to secure your rights. All contracts have a similar structure, but deal terms are different.
Read More8 Start a Business: Who, What, Where, When, How, and Why
You start a business by making a sale of your finished work or your services. Then you set up your organization. Here’s when, why, and how you do that.
Read More8 Copyright for Artists in Business: the USPS gets Schooled, Again
Which comes first, the art or the business? Many artists work to turn their creative abilities into a business. But sometimes it’s the business that turns out to be creative. In either case, copyright protects the business by protecting the art.
Read More77 Who Owns Copyright? My Company or Me?
As the author of a creative work, you are the one who owns copyright to it unless you are an employee or the work is for hire. If you own the company, you can choose whether to own the rights or assign them to the company. Here’s how to make that decision.
Read More2 Creative Entrepreneur: Running a [Jailhouse] Business
It takes a certain kind of person to be a creative entrepreneur. A successful business is made up of more than just a good idea. Good ideas are key, but they are also a dime a dozen. Solid execution is needed to bring that idea to fruition, to turn that idea into a going concern, to have that idea make money.
Read More5 Model Releases: Who Needs Them and When are They Needed?
When do you need a model release from the person whose image you are using in your work? Should you ask permission or forgiveness?
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