This week on The Flow, Katie is joined by The Podcast Lawyer™ himself, Gordon Firemark. We'll be talking all about the legal side of podcasting. What can you do? What shouldn't you do? And what are the best practices?

Gordon Firemark helps creatives, artists, entrepreneurs and others achieve the dream of getting their messages out and making a meaningful impact with their craft. He has practiced media, entertainment and business law since 1992 and is often referred to as The Podcast Lawyer™.

A podcaster himself, he’s been producing and hosting the Entertainment Law Update podcast since 2009, and in 2020, launched the More, Better, Faster podcast which offers insights and advice to creative professionals and businesses who want to achieve more, better, faster. Gordon is the author of the Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’’s Legal Survival Guide and creator of several online courses for creatives.

His undergraduate degree in radio, television and film and experience in live theatre production informs his thinking about all things legal. In addition to his busy law practice, He teaches Entertainment Law at Columbia College Hollywood, Intellectual Property and Media Law at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, and Contract law at Pepperdine Law School.

Find him online at https://gordonfiremark.com

Chapters 📖
00:00 - Countdown
00:27 - Intro
01:30 - Meet Gordon Firemark
04:31 - Important Legal Aspects Podcasters Need to be Thinking of
08:49 - Release Agreements
11:46 - How to Make Updates
13:12 - State by state vs. national vs. international
16:47 - Fair use in podcasting
23:11 - Commercial use
24:14 - Common legal issues
26:17 - "Podcast Prenup"
30:55 - Podcast Platforms
32:43 - AI and legal issues
36:31 - Co-hosts and guests
39:20 - Should I form an LLC?
41:30 - Trademarks
44:55 - Where to find Gordon Firemark

Welcome to The Flow. Created by Ecamm and hosted by Doc Rock and Katie Fawkes, this weekly show will take you step-by-step through the process of video podcasting. Our focus is on building efficient and effective workflows so that your content shines.

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