Podcast Production Contract

Protect your podcast from getting hijacked by your podcast producer with this Podcast Production Contract! This contract template is designed for podcasters to create a smooth collaboration with their podcast producer while preventing the following dangers:

  • Your podcast gets hijacked if you have a falling out with your producer or you get ghosted by your producer!

  • Your episodes or edited recordings become (partly) owned by the producer or, worse, the producer uses copyright-protected songs or audio in your podcast episodes!

  • You overpay (with fixed monthly fees) when you have not recorded (the same number of) episodes or those episodes have not been edited or published (on time)

Avoid all those risks and seamlessly collaborate with your producer with this Podcast Production Contract!

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Why you need this Podcast Production Contract

  • Podcaster-Friendly Clauses: Designed with podcasters' needs in mind, this comprehensive contract empowers you to collaborate seamlessly with a producer while safeguarding your creative rights and avoiding potential legal pitfalls. 

  • Full creative control: It contains clauses that allow you to control the editing process and the creation of podcast materials, giving you full creative control over your podcast. 

  • Only pay for what you get: Many podcast production agreements contain a fixed monthly fee, regardless of whether the producer produces the same number of episodes or less. This Podcast Production Contract Template ensures you only pay for episodes produced and published, so you never overpay.

  • Prevents your podcast from getting hijacked: What if the producer becomes sick or, worse, ghosts you? This podcast Production Agreement ensures you receive all the files and materials you need, and all accounts to the podcasts' platforms are in your name so that your podcast can't get hijacked by your producer.

  • Full ownership rights: Many podcast production agreements only state that the podcaster becomes the owner of the finished episode. But what about the edited and unedited recordings? What about the other materials the producer creates for your podcast, like the intro and outro, background music, banners, thumbnails, show notes, etc.? This Podcast Production Agreement contains a robust intellectual property rights clause that ensures you have full ownership over everything.

  • Protection against copyright infringement: This Podcast Production Agreement Template includes warranties that the producer only uses music, sounds, images and other content that are original and do not infringe on anyone's copyrights. It also includes comprehensive indemnities so that your producer will have to deal with those damages and costs if you do get a claim for copyright infringement.

  • Protection against AI-generated content: You've seen many lawsuits over the past couple of years regarding AI-generated content. You want to avoid those issues. This Podcast Production Contract ensures that what your producer creates for you is from the producer only, not created by ChatGPT or another AI tool. You hired and are paying for a human to do the work, not a bot.

Unlock your podcast's full potential without running any risks with this Podcast Production Contract. Avoid legal pitfalls and issues, and focus your energy on creating a successful podcast!

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Who should use this Podcast Production Contract?

This Podcast Production Contract can be used by any podcaster to hire individual podcast producers or podcast or media production agencies to provide podcast production services to the podcasters.

This contract is podcaster-friendly and is, thus, NOT drafted for podcast producers and agencies. If you are a podcast producer or agency, you may hire me to create a producer-friendly podcast production contract you can use for your clients.

As a skilled contract lawyer with extensive experience in international contract law, I offer personalised contract drafting services! I have created a fixed-fee service for all types of custom service agreements for entrepreneurs and creators in specific niches, including podcast production agreements, which you can find through this link.

For any other contract services you may need, check out my Custom Contract Services. Whether you need adjustments to an existing template or a brand-new contract from scratch, I'm here to help you navigate the legal intricacies of your business endeavours.

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