The deal desk
Read the contract before it reads you
Record deals, publishing splits, work-for-hire, employment and contractor papers. Four deep sweeps: every clause mapped and taught, federal, state and local authority pulled with real citations, then the redlines, counter-arguments and emails you send back. We're not a law firm — we know the business behind the art.
- Four-pass sweep
- Real authorities
- Redline emails
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Pick the deal and paste it
Record, publishing, sync, management, work-for-hire, employment, contractor and more.
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Learn every clause
What it means, what fair looks like, what it costs you, and the law standing behind the argument.
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Fight back on paper
Paste-ready redline language, counter-arguments for their pushback, and the emails that carry them.
Start here
Four passes over your contract: every clause taught, the law cited, and the redlines and emails you send back.
What to bring
- The agreement somebody put in front of you — every page and exhibit
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Pick the deal type and paste the paper
Record, publishing, sync, management, work-for-hire, employment, contractor.
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Read the clause map before the redlines
Learning what each clause does to you is what makes the ask land in the room.
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Send the redline email
Put it in your own voice, then have a lawyer in your state read the final paper.
The deal desk
Bring the agreement somebody put in front of you. The desk reads it four times over, teaches you every clause, cites the law that bears on it, and hands you the redlines and emails to send back.
- Clause-by-clause map with the actual language quoted, severity scored, and each one taught
- Federal, state and local authority — verified against our own library, and flagged when it isn't
- Redline language, counter-arguments, negotiation sequence and ready-to-send emails