Copyright is the legal backbone of every creative career. It determines who owns a song, a script, a film, a photograph, or a design and who gets paid when it is used. Our copyright practice protects creators and rights holders at every stage of a work's life.
We handle copyright registration with the U.S. Copyright Office, ownership analysis and work- for-hire questions, joint authorship and collaboration issues, licensing and assignment of rights, termination and reversion rights under the Copyright Act, and fair use analysis. When your work is infringed, we enforce your rights through DMCA takedowns, cease-and-desist demands, negotiated settlements, and federal copyright litigation. We also defend clients facing infringement claims.
Copyright questions run through nearly every entertainment deal, and small oversights — an unregistered work, a missing assignment, a broken chain of title — can cost creators dearly years later. We help you get the foundations right from the start, so your catalog of work becomes a protected, income-generating asset for life and beyond.