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EPISODE · Feb 21, 2026 · 58 MIN

After the Pitch: Negotiating the Contract

from IndieGameBusiness® · host Jay Powell

All the time and effort spent honing your pitch has paid off and now a publisher has agreed to publish your game. Congratulations!! However, the next morning you receive an email with a PDF publishing agreement full of unnecessarily cumbersome phrasing and legal language. What does it all mean and how can you tell if it is a good deal? In this hour-long presentation, video game and entertainment lawyer Andrew Thomas will cover the basic contract terms every developer should know about when entering into a publishing agreement as well as some common pitfalls.

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