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Letting other people use what you have made
A license, a collaboration, a freelancer’s first drafts: each decides who owns what afterward.
Almost nobody makes a thing alone. A designer draws the logo, a friend writes the first version of the app, a shop wants to stock your line, a label wants to borrow your sound. Each of them leaves with something, and the paper decides what.
I draft the agreement, or read the one you were sent, and explain it in the order you will meet it: what you give, what you keep, what happens if it ends badly.
Licenses for art, music, software and brand names
Collaboration and co-branding agreements
Freelancer, contractor and co-founder assignments
Distributor and wholesale terms
Permission to use someone else’s work or name
Papers I draft and read
Each is quoted as a flat fee once I have seen what is on the table.
Licenses
You let someone use a design, a song, a character or a name, for a field, a place and a time.
Exclusive or not, and why it matters
Royalties and minimums spelled out
What happens when it ends
Collaborations
Two brands make something together. Before the launch, you decide whose name is on it and who can sell it after.
Co-branded products
Joint releases and drops
Shared artwork
Freelancer and contractor work
Without a signed assignment, the person who made the work often still owns it. I fix that, ahead of the project or after it.
Logos, packaging and websites
Code and app design
Photography and video
Selling through others
A shop, a distributor or a marketplace wants your line. I read their terms for what they take besides the margin.
Wholesale and consignment
Distribution and reseller terms
Marketplace brand programs
A contract is cheapest on the day nobody is angry.
Before you sign anything
A freelancer made my logo. Is it mine?
Not automatically. Unless there is a signed paper that moves the copyright to you, the person who drew it usually keeps it and you hold a limited right to use it. A short assignment fixes that, and it is far easier to get from someone you are still paying.
Will you read a contract someone else wrote?
Yes. Send it before you reply to them. I mark what is ordinary, what is negotiable and what I would not sign, and quote the review as a flat fee.
Exclusive or non-exclusive: which should I offer?
It depends on what else you could do with the work. Exclusive usually earns more and ties your hands. We work out the trade with your real plans in front of us.
Can I use a song or a photo I did not make?
Usually you need permission, and that includes a few seconds of music in a short video. If it is a one-time use, a license is quick. If it is central to your business, we find a different source.
A contract waiting on your answer
Send it over before you reply. I will tell you what I would change, and what it costs to change it.