Your articles are teaching me so much about copyright and trademarks. Things I never know or understood you are making my knowledge increase. Thank you so much and continue this beautiful journey of spreading knowledge.
Kim, thank you so so much. I really appreciate you saying that — these articles are so fun to write, and the fact that they resonate with you is the cherry on top.
Please share them. Please share them. These articles are only as powerful as people’s ability to really understand the info — and the impact they make. So if you can share them with 1, 2, or 17 folks (lol), that would be beautiful
Well said. As a former music publishing executive, I’ve preached this same sermon in addition to being in control of artists publishing royalties. Some heard the sermon and acted on it, others not so much.
I appreciate that perspective deeply. It’s powerful hearing this echoed by someone who’s seen it firsthand from the publishing side. Ownership really does change everything — especially when creatives take that sermon to heart and act on it.
As an emerging founder, this e-mail was clutch. Lemme hit you up right quick cause as much as I love my girl Doechii, I gotta keep control of this here brilliance.
I love that! 🙌🏾 Protecting your brilliance is the move. I just subscribed to your Substack too, excited to follow along and see how you’re building your brilliance in real time. Let’s connect soon!
This is a great piece! Truly! You covered artists I love, but also informed me and made me curious about how I, an likely other writers on Substack and beyond, should look at the protection of our intellectual property!
Raafeke, I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I’m glad you resonate, because that is exactly what we do at Firm for the Culture.
We take artists that we listen to — that we may see ourselves in — that are a huge source of conversation in our communities — and we bring an IP (intellectual property) perspective to it.
So please feel free to share and let people know that Firm for the Culture is in the building.
I'd never thought of the issue of liability in relation to brands, and how the transfer of brand ownership into a corporate entity minimises personal liability. Smart. Thanks, Ruky!
Super interesting and important topic for artists. I stumbled here because I was surprisingly disappointed by the ABNH tour and have suspected that there's heavy pressure coming from TDE. I hope she's able to weather this phase and stay true to herself. Her authentic voice is much needed and she deserves creative control.
This is so informative; question: What can Doechii do now to own her brand? Would she have to buy it from Too Dawg? Is there any other maneuvers she can make to secure ownership?
I’m self-publishing a book next week and a family friend said I should trademark my logo (which is essentially my signature). I’m already spent thousands of dollars to publish my book so I’m weary to do that now since its like $350.
Your articles are teaching me so much about copyright and trademarks. Things I never know or understood you are making my knowledge increase. Thank you so much and continue this beautiful journey of spreading knowledge.
Kim, thank you so so much. I really appreciate you saying that — these articles are so fun to write, and the fact that they resonate with you is the cherry on top.
Please share them. Please share them. These articles are only as powerful as people’s ability to really understand the info — and the impact they make. So if you can share them with 1, 2, or 17 folks (lol), that would be beautiful
I definitely will share!
Well said. As a former music publishing executive, I’ve preached this same sermon in addition to being in control of artists publishing royalties. Some heard the sermon and acted on it, others not so much.
I appreciate that perspective deeply. It’s powerful hearing this echoed by someone who’s seen it firsthand from the publishing side. Ownership really does change everything — especially when creatives take that sermon to heart and act on it.
As an emerging founder, this e-mail was clutch. Lemme hit you up right quick cause as much as I love my girl Doechii, I gotta keep control of this here brilliance.
I love that! 🙌🏾 Protecting your brilliance is the move. I just subscribed to your Substack too, excited to follow along and see how you’re building your brilliance in real time. Let’s connect soon!
This is a great piece! Truly! You covered artists I love, but also informed me and made me curious about how I, an likely other writers on Substack and beyond, should look at the protection of our intellectual property!
Raafeke, I appreciate you. I appreciate you. I’m glad you resonate, because that is exactly what we do at Firm for the Culture.
We take artists that we listen to — that we may see ourselves in — that are a huge source of conversation in our communities — and we bring an IP (intellectual property) perspective to it.
So please feel free to share and let people know that Firm for the Culture is in the building.
I'd never thought of the issue of liability in relation to brands, and how the transfer of brand ownership into a corporate entity minimises personal liability. Smart. Thanks, Ruky!
Andrew, absolutely. Absolutely.
Being able to protect your brand for the long run is what makes for brand sustainability. That’s exactly what it is.
So thank you so much, as always, for just being with us. You are definitely one of the people — one of our day ones.
Super interesting and important topic for artists. I stumbled here because I was surprisingly disappointed by the ABNH tour and have suspected that there's heavy pressure coming from TDE. I hope she's able to weather this phase and stay true to herself. Her authentic voice is much needed and she deserves creative control.
This is so informative; question: What can Doechii do now to own her brand? Would she have to buy it from Too Dawg? Is there any other maneuvers she can make to secure ownership?
I’m self-publishing a book next week and a family friend said I should trademark my logo (which is essentially my signature). I’m already spent thousands of dollars to publish my book so I’m weary to do that now since its like $350.