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Podcasting Made Simple

Setting a Solid Legal Foundation for Your Podcast | Gordon Firemark

Podcasting Made Simple

Alex Sanfilippo, PodMatch.com

Education, Content Marketing, Podcast Guesting, Podcast Hosts, Podcasting, How To, Audience Growth, Podcast Guests, Business, Podcasters, Marketing, Monetization, Technology

5671 Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Send Us a Text Message Most podcasters have yet to take steps toward legally protecting the business and brand behind their podcast. That's because the legal side of content creation seems complex and intimidating, but it doesn't have to be! In this episode, Gordon Firemark (The Podcast Lawyer™) explains how an LLC can protect your content while legitimizing your podcast and even save you money! Get ready to learn how you can benefit from using an LLC to lay a solid foundation for your podcas...

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0:00.0

You're listening to Podcasting Made Simple.

0:04.0

To LLC or not to LLC.

0:07.0

That is the question every podcaster should be asking.

0:11.0

Whether you are podcasting as a business or consider it a hobby,

0:15.0

whether it's just you or a team effort,

0:17.0

whether you're aiming to make money from your podcast

0:20.0

or just to get a message out

0:22.0

and get people thinking and talking or taking action.

0:25.3

It is important to think about whether you are in business.

0:29.2

Now, for my money, if you're putting out regular episodes of content, regardless of your

0:33.7

purpose in doing it, you are engaging in commerce.

0:37.1

You're doing the kinds of things that

0:39.2

businesses do. And from the legal standpoint, there's a very good chance that you are going to be

0:44.7

considered a business, whether you intend it to be or not. Hi, I'm Gordon Firemark, the podcast

0:50.6

lawyer. Actually, I'm a media, entertainment, and business lawyer. I've been helping

0:55.5

creators across media and entertainment for my whole career. And my mission is to make sure that you

1:00.9

are able to do your thing, to make your content, to entertain, educate, inform, and influence audiences

1:07.3

in a way that's safe and smart and effective. Now, because I'm a lawyer, I do have to just make a quick disclaimer here.

1:14.6

I am a lawyer, but I'm not your lawyer.

1:18.6

So I'm providing some general information that you're going to find useful, I hope.

1:22.6

But you shouldn't rely on this as legal advice from either me or from my hosts here today.

1:27.6

Okay, so as I said, I want you to do your thing, to make your mark, to influence audiences,

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