Digital Media pervades all aspects of the creative industries. You may work in the thriving digital media industry in Brighton, developing games, mobile applications, animation, or online gaming. You may be setting up a social networking site, or using the web to sell your goods and services. In any case, you need to be aware of the legal and regulatory requirements relating to distance selling, privacy and data protection.
We are committed to providing a tailored service to the proliferation of Brighton based digital media companies, offering convenience and cost savings from London law firms.
We advise on these aspects and can provide T&Cs tailored to you so you can go about your business fully compliant and with clear terms of business, all for an agreed fee.
We can help you protect your IP and advise on software licensing, outsourcing, open source software and website development agreements.
We are able to advise freelance web designers and developers on business start-ups or restructuring. We can advise on the legal and commercial issues of their dealings with clients and sub-contractors. We can provide, at a fixed cost, a digital health check, providing T&Cs of business and website T&Cs, to protect clients’ interests and to avoid any uncertainty about contractual terms. We are also able to prepare “framework agreements” in order to formalise the basic ongoing contractual terms between parties who will be working together on a regular basis.
We can advise digital media companies on joint ventures and collaborative agreements.
Our consultants are well versed in advising companies setting up online digital music stores and marketing themselves via iphone applications. We represent music companies carrying out digital marketing.
We represent online and mobile based digital TV and radio stations channels and social networking sites.
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“Things started to go a bit crazy after we were nominated for Best Song at The Ivors. Having Dean on board provided much needed support. CL & B introduced us to our publishing company, Notting Hill, and got us a great deal. ” N Hemming & C Hardy - The Leisure Society
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