Is Your Work Protected? The Legal Essentials Every Creator Must Know w/ Amy Oraefo, Attorney

About this episode

In this episode, Allen and attorney Amy Oraefo discuss the importance of legal strategy for creators before achieving success.

Negotiating a deal. Protecting your brand. Understanding contracts. Sound intimidating? In this episode, Allen sits down with entertainment attorney Amy Oraefo to explore why legal strategy isn't something you do after success—it's something you build before the opportunity arrives. Amy has over 13 years of experience negotiating multi-million dollar deals for musicians, producers, podcasters, and content creators. She's an adjunct professor at the Joel A. Katz Music & Entertainment Progr...

People in this episode

Host: Allen C. Paul

Guest: Amy Oraefo

Topics covered

• legal strategy
• contracts
• brand protection
• negotiation
• entertainment law

Keywords

• legal essentials
• creator rights
• music contracts
• negotiating deals
• entertainment attorney

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Joel A. Katz Music & Entertainment Program

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