Advocate
They are the best advocate for you.
Yourself
Building Relationships is one of the goals of this.
Negotiation
Negotiating solely based on $$$ is an example of this
Harmful Mindset
They focus on doing art for the sake of doing it and they agree to many handshake agreements.
Hobbyist Artist
work that is fixed in a tangible form of expression
Copyright
The second step in the analytical framework model.
Identify Problem/Issue
This relationship has Joint Liability and Responsibility as well as Joint IP Ownership
Collaborations
A deal where there is no formal/tangible contract
Handshake deal
When a party fails to pay the artist first before the artist sends IP.
Anti-artist payment schedule
In a work for hire relationship where Party A is the Entity and Party B is the Artist, one party owns the copyright.
Party A
This is the business structure best fit for one or more people where personal assets are not subject to liability. It is the second strongest protection against liability
Limited Liability Company (LLC)
It involves scope of work, creative control and market segmentation.
Commissions
"Who What Where When How Why" is this.
Key Contract Term
They have a robust online presence
Professional Artist
The methodology of how an artist works
"Trade secret"
Someone who works in several professional creative fields.
multi-hyphenate creatives
This relationship deals with Fiduciary duties for other parties involved.
Galleries, Agents, Orgs
A type of contract between your team involving employees, collaborators, etc.
Internal Contract
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is where you go when you want to ____ your IP (trademark and patent).
Register
A procedure that allows for the removal of infringed upon content. This is useful for an Artist who is trying to advocate for themselves when another entity is not taking their claim seriously or isn't listening.
Take Down procedure.
There is an employer v. Independent Contractor
Work-For-Hire
A nonbinding document that discusses the possible services, pay, and agreement made between parties. Comes before a final contract to offer time for negotiation.
Term Sheet
They fail to identify IP assets, business structure and their place in the creative ecosystem.
Starving Artist
The right to decide how an individual goes about using themselves for commercial purposes. Ex. The boys on UT's football team sending videos of themselves to fans for a price.
Name, Image, Likeness rights (NIL)