96: The Legal Side of Podcasting with Andrea Sager

Andrea Sager is a small business attorney shaking up the legal industry with her Legalpreneur plan that provides affordable all-access to legal advice for small businesses. After working for a large law firm with big businesses, Andrea realized her true passion was helping small businesses embrace and protect their assets and intellectual property. In just a few years, Andrea has become the go-to attorney for entrepreneurs, protecting everything from their brand names and Instagram handles to their courses and trademarks. In this episode, we talk about why you absolutely should use a guest consent form if you have guests on your podcast, what a cease and desist letter is, when you can utilize a cease and desist letter to help protect your podcast and business, when a cease and desist letter can be used against you, whether or not you can legally use music in your show if you use less than a certain number of seconds worth, what the deal is with Fair Use and how it's not what most people think it is, whether or not you should get a copyright for your podcast, the legality of using memes on your social media accounts, and the number one thing she sees entrepreneurs get into legal trouble for doing.   To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.   Want to connect with me further? Follow me on Instagram and/or Facebook and reach out! Want to work together? Here's how we can do that! One-on-one podcast launch packages Self-paced online course for launching your podcast Podcast auditing (Ideal if you're getting ready to launch and want an expert's eyes on everything first or if you've already launch and you want advice on how to improve your show.) Podcast editing (let me take care of the time-consuming post-production aspects of your show)