Working creatives in NYC and Brooklyn deserve to be compensated for time and effort even if the client ultimately walks away from the deal before it’s done.

Artists, writers and creatives in NYC are often commissioned for specific works.  Who owns your drafts, notes and sketches before the final version is accepted?

A framework for NYC artists and creatives on when a contract needs a lawyer’s review, and when a template will do.

For artists, it is important that a license limits both what a licensee can do and how long they can do it for.  A good license also explains what happens after that window closes.  Fundamental to these licensing agreements is a small but mighty clause known as a Reversion Clause.