Ip Rules Podcast

Copyright ownership should be at the forefront of your mind when you're paying someone to do creative work. In this episode, I'm discussing the importance of having a clearly-defined agreement between the creator of an intellectual property and the person who paid for it. I'm also giving examples of how overlooking the rules of copyright ownership and licensing could lead to disastrous outcomes. If you want to avoid such costly mistakes, listen now!   7 THINGS YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE   When should you go over the terms and reach an agreement regarding the copyrighted work? In the absence of a contract, who owns the copyright to an intellectual property and what is the only exception to this rule? When engaging the services of a freelancer from another country, why is it important to have a lawyer from that country check the agreement you have drawn with the freelancer? Why should you make sure that you get the right agreement in place before commissioning anyone to do work for you? Why is copy