We're not trying to teach you to be your own attorney.
You don't need to go to law school,
you're doing something, you know,
brilliant and bringing your creative
efforts to the world.
But we are trying
to just help you spot when something
might require more attention or what are
those, you know, red flags?
When, you know, if you're offered a contract you just
have a few things to the back of your mind
that you're thinking "Well, here's my
worst case scenario, let's let think how
I can protect against that."
Often in working with clients, that's one of the
first questions I'll ask them because as
an artist, you are your best advocate
and you are the best person to know what
means the most to you, what you value and
which of course would be the thing you
would miss/ risk losing?
And so, that information is very helpful with an attorney
to be able to protect against that.
So you, you know, have in your mind
and your knowledge of your studio work
it, you know inherently, it would be in
the best place to know - Well, what are my risks?
And what are, you know, the places that I am
concerned about when protecting this deal?
And at that point, that's when you should have that
trigger in your mind that says "Well, maybe I need
to contact an attorney or professional,
an insurance representative or whoever
it might be, and I can share with them my
concerns and they can use their
expertise to help me protect against that".
So it's not about, sort of,
being, you know, your own attorney
or, you know, having to get into those kind of details.
But it is about knowing enough
and being equipped with enough information
that you can spot those
issues and know when it's time to
contact a lawyer, when it's time to
contact another professional to help
walk you through a sticky situation.
