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Free scoping call
Thirty minutes. You describe the work, the use, and the decision you face. We confirm an advisory opinion is the right tool, scope the analysis, and quote a flat fee in writing.
Copyright counsel + clearance opinions
Know where you stand on copyright — before you launch.
Strategic copyright counsel from a qualified attorney. We answer the questions that decide a launch: is this fair use, who owns the work, can you clear this content, and how should you license it. The output is a written opinion you can act on and rely on, not a filing.
From $295 — flat scope, quoted in writing before any work begins.
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How it works
Three steps to a written opinion.
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Attorney analysis
A qualified attorney reviews the facts against the governing law — the four fair-use factors, work-for-hire and ownership rules, licence and assignment chains, and DMCA Section 512 obligations.
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Written opinion delivered
A reasoned opinion lands in your portal: the legal question, the analysis, the risk level, and a clear recommendation you can act on. It is privileged attorney work-product.
What it costs
Flat scope, quoted after a free scoping call.
Copyright Consulting & Advisory starts from $295. An advisory opinion is priced by the question, not by the hour. Complexity varies with how many works, contracts, and licence chains the analysis has to weigh, so we quote a flat scope in writing after the free scoping call. A focused single-question opinion starts low; a multi-work ownership audit or a full clearance review is scoped by depth. No work begins until you accept the quote.
What's included
- Free 30-min scoping call before any work begins
- Attorney review of the works, contracts, licences, and chain-of-title documents
- Reasoned analysis against the governing law — fair use, ownership, clearance, or DMCA as scoped
- A clear risk level and an actionable recommendation
- Written opinion delivered as privileged attorney work-product
- One round of follow-up questions on the delivered opinion
- Single-question opinion (e.g. one fair-use read)
- From $295
- Pre-launch clearance review
- From $650
- Work-for-hire / ownership-chain audit
- From $850
- Content-licensing strategy memo
- From $750
- DMCA Section 512 policy setup
- From $600
- Multi-work or program-wide review
- Quoted upfront
Any third-party search or registry fees, where an audit calls for them, are billed at cost on top of the flat professional fee and shown before you pay.
Get started
Request a copyright opinion
Tell us about the work, the use, and the decision you face. A copyright attorney will scope the question and send a written opinion you can act on.
No payment required Reply within 1 business dayA GTC attorney reviews it & sends a flat-fee quote.
Why GTC
Counsel that turns a hunch into a defensible decision.
Handled by
GTC's copyright team
Copyright counsel
Attorney-led filing
Reasoned, not a guess
Fair use, ownership, and clearance turn on facts applied to law. We give you the four-factor analysis and the authority behind it, so the decision rests on reasoning a court would recognise.
Privileged work-product
The opinion is written by a qualified attorney and delivered as privileged attorney work-product — a good-faith basis you can rely on for a launch, licence, or design decision.
A clear risk verdict
You leave with a risk level and a recommendation — proceed, clear a licence, change the work, or hold — never a vague maybe. Built to inform a real go or no-go.
One attorney, the whole chain
Clearance, ownership, licensing, and DMCA-policy questions often interlock. The same attorney handles the whole picture, so the advice is consistent across the project.
Your Customer Success Team
A dedicated team that owns your matter from start to finish.
Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay.
Your Account Manager
Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off.
Your Senior Account Manager
Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track.
A named person, on email or a call, at every step.
How we compare
Getting a copyright read? Here's what sets GTC apart.
| What you get | GTC | Online filing services | Doing it yourself |
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| Attorney-written opinion (privileged work-product) | |||
| Four-factor fair-use analysis tied to governing authority | |||
| Work-for-hire and ownership-chain audit | |||
| Pre-launch infringement-risk review with a risk verdict | |||
| DMCA Section 512 policy and takedown-process setup | |||
| General copyright information articles |
Attorney-written opinion (privileged work-product)
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Four-factor fair-use analysis tied to governing authority
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Work-for-hire and ownership-chain audit
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Pre-launch infringement-risk review with a risk verdict
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
DMCA Section 512 policy and takedown-process setup
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
General copyright information articles
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
The timeline
From scoping call to a reasoned opinion.
An advisory opinion is the cheapest way to de-risk a launch or a licence. Here's how a standard one-to-two-week engagement breaks down — and where you get to course-correct.
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Day 1 — free
Scoping call
You describe the work, the use, and the decision. We confirm an opinion is the right tool, scope the question, and quote the flat fee in writing.
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Days 1–3
Facts and materials gathered
We collect the contracts, licences, source materials, and chain-of-title documents the analysis needs, and flag any gaps early.
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Midpoint
Preliminary read shared
We surface the likely direction mid-engagement so you can adjust scope or supply more facts — no surprises at delivery.
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Week 1–2
Opinion delivered
A written opinion lands in your portal with the analysis, a risk level, and a clear recommendation. It is privileged attorney work-product.
In their words
All your legal, in one place.
One accountable team across every practice, operating since 2016.
2,521+
Copyrights registered
10,000+
Clients served
11
In-house attorneys
10+
Years since 2016
Common questions
Frequently asked questions
No. Copyright protection arises automatically the moment an original work is fixed in a tangible form, under the Berne Convention and its member countries' laws — there is nothing to apply for to make it exist. An advisory opinion analyses questions around your existing rights: fair use, ownership, clearance, and licensing. If you want the enforcement leverage that comes with a registration certificate, see our copyright registration service.
De-risk the decision before you commit.
Ready when you are.
A free scoping call. We'll talk through the work, the use, and the decision you face, then confirm a flat fee in writing before any analysis begins.
