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)