Entertainment Law Services

Creativity IP was founded to serve the creative community.  Whether you are a musician, producer, writer, blogger, artist, podcaster, showrunner, or filmmaker, we can help with your entertainment law issues.  Our services include:

Film and Television Services

• Production company formation and structuring.
• Financing, investing, and crowdfunding agreements.
• Development, distribution, and production agreements.
• Story and publicity rights acquisition.
• Music clearance and licensing.
• Releases, options, and securing other underlying rights.
• Errors and omissions (E&O) reviews.
• Counseling and representing talent (e.g., producers, actors, writers, directors, etc.).
• Work-for-hire agreements and union and/or guild matters.
• Counseling on defamation, privacy, fair use, and first amendment issues.
• Copyright and trademark registration and enforcement.

Music

• Recording label formation, structuring, and financing.
• Recording, publishing, and distribution agreements.
• Band partnership, songwriter, and composer agreements.
• Touring and performance-related agreements.
• Counseling and representing talent (e.g., publishers, producers, recording artists, and songwriters).
• Work-for-hire and services agreements.
• Merchandising, licensing, and sponsorship agreements.
• Sampling, releases, and rights acquisition.
• Mechanical royalty rights.
• Synchronization and master use licenses.
• Performance rights and royalties (ASCAP, BMI, and Sound Exchange).
• Digital distribution and royalties (iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, etc.).
• Copyright and trademark registration and enforcement.

Publishing and Author Services

• Counseling and representing talent (e.g., authors, publishers, illustrators, etc.).
• Publishing, distribution (digital and physical), and agency agreements.
• Pre-publication reviews and clearance.
• Releases, consents, and rights acquisition.
• Counseling on defamation, privacy, and publicity rights issues.
• Copyright and trademark registration and enforcement.

Podcasting, blogs, and New Media Services

• Entity formation and financing.
• Distribution and production agreements.
• Counseling and representing talent (e.g., producers, writers, on-air talent, etc.).
• Copyright and publicity rights acquisition for incorporated material.
• Music clearance and licensing.
• Communications Decency Act (CDA) and Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) counseling.
• FTC Endorsements and Testimonials compliance.
• Fair use, podsafe, and creative commons counseling.
• Privacy, media access, and defamation issues.
• Copyright and trademark registration and enforcement.

Art and Photography Services

• Work-for-hire, commission, and photography services agreements.
• Gallery exhibition, consignment, and sales agreements.
• Merchandising and licensing agreements.
• Releases, consents, and rights acquisition.
• Copyright and Trademark registration and enforcement.