#73 - Legal Advice for Entrepreneurs with Autumn Witt Boyd


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May 23 2016 57 mins   6
We're so excited to finally have a lawyer on the show! Autumn Witt Boyd is an attorney who offers legal solutions for creative entrepreneurs—including contracts, copyrights, trademarks, and entity formation. Topics discussed in this episode: -Working with a lawyer does not have to be scary (8:09 ) -First legal steps creatives can take to set themselves up as a legitimate -business (9:25 ) -The difference between trademarking and copyrighting (11:59 ) -The difference between a sole proprietorship, an LLC, and an S-corp (16:00 ) -Having multiple businesses and using a DBA (21:10 ) -Website terms & conditions and privacy policy (24:57 ) -Copycats and when to sue people or take legal action (29:10 ) -Taking legal action against haters (33:58 ) -Filing a DMCA takedown notice (36:32 ) -Intellectual property vs. copyrighting (40:21 ) -When to hire a lawyer in your business (41:34 ) -Self-publishing books and protecting your work (44:13 ) -Contracts, Affiliate agreements, and giving others your content (46:16 )