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Consider Negotiating with Infringers

As a creative professional, protecting your intellectual property is key to staying successful. So when someone infringes your copyright, what do you do? Sure, your immediate instinct may be to fight back. There’s always a little bit of ego involved… after all, someone just ripped off your work! But

Lawsuits are expensive and time consuming, and more than that, they can take up an awful lot of emotional real estate in your life. That negotiation took four weeks, with the bulk of that time spent drafting and revising a settlement agreement (and it was over a holiday weekend to boot). While I rarely - if ever - counsel clients to take work just for the recognition, there’s no denying that it can still be a valuable by-product of a negotiated deal, especially if your infringer has a large platform or following.

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