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Commercial scoping call
Thirty minutes. What is being licensed, and to whom? Exclusive or non-exclusive? Which territory and what term? What royalty model? We structure the deal first; drafting comes after.
Copyright licensing · Licence agreements and recordal
License your copyright on terms that hold the upside.
A copyright licence grants someone permission to use your existing work on specified terms. We structure the deal — exclusive vs non-exclusive, territory, term, royalty — draft the agreement, negotiate with the licensee, then execute and record where it adds enforcement leverage.
From $695 Quoted per licence — by work, territory, and term
Licence drafted
Scope & royalties
Terms balanced
Fair to both
Rights protected
Audit & term
Legal team
GTC's copyright team
Copyright counsel
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How it works
Three steps to a clean copyright licence.
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Drafting and counterparty review
An attorney drafts the licence with standard reps, warranties, indemnities, termination triggers, and audit rights. It goes to the counterparty for review, and we negotiate the revisions on your behalf.
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Execution and recordal
Once terms are locked, the licence is executed digitally or by notarisation as the jurisdiction requires. Where it adds enforcement leverage, we record the licence with the relevant copyright office.
What it costs
Flat-fee licensing, quoted to the deal
Copyright Licensing starts from $695. A copyright licence is a contract that grants someone permission to use your existing work on specified terms. Pricing starts at a flat fee for a standard single-work, single-territory licence and scales with complexity — the number of works, the number of territories, royalty-reporting requirements, and counterparty sophistication. We quote in writing after the scoping call.
What's included
- Commercial structuring call: exclusive vs non-exclusive, territory, term, royalty model
- Standard licence agreement drafted with reps, warranties, and indemnities
- Royalty calculation and reporting terms drafted (per-unit, gross-revenue percentage, minimum guarantee)
- Termination triggers drafted (material breach, change of control, sunset)
- Negotiation with the licensee on commercial terms
- Execution coordination, digital signatures or notarisation as needed
- Recordal with the relevant copyright office where applicable
- Audit-rights and royalty-reporting framework where the licensee will use the work commercially
- Standard copyright licence (single work, single territory)
- From $695
- Multi-work licence (e.g. a catalogue)
- $1,200–$2,200
- Multi-territory licence (the Berne Convention’s member countries)
- $1,800–$3,500
- Exclusive copyright assignment
- From $895
- Licence negotiation (counterparty has the draft)
- $1,200–$2,500
Pricing scales with complexity — number of works, number of territories, royalty-reporting requirements, and counterparty sophistication. We quote in writing after the scoping call.
Get started
Draft your copyright licence
Tell us about the work and the deal terms, and a GTC attorney will scope the licence and email a flat-fee quote.
No payment required Reply within 1 business dayA GTC attorney reviews it & sends a flat-fee quote.
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01Brand details
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02More details
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03Your details
Know your structure before you draft. Have the territory, term, and royalty model in mind, or bring questions and we will work them through on the scoping call.
Brand details
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A short label so you can find it later — for example the content title or deal name.
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Choose the closest fit — music, film or video, a written work, photography, or software.
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Exclusive means only the licensee can use the work — even you cannot. Non-exclusive means you can license it to others too. A sublicense lets an existing licensee pass rights on. Not sure? Choose that and we will advise.
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The licensor owns the work and grants rights; the licensee receives the rights to use it. Choose whichever describes you.
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List the countries or regions the license should cover — for example worldwide, US only, or EU and UK.
Why GTC
Why route your licensing through GTC.
Legal team
GTC's copyright team
Copyright counsel
Attorney-led filing
Structure before we draft
Get the terms wrong and you either give up too much or lose enforcement leverage. We set the commercial structure — exclusive vs non-exclusive, territory, term, royalty — then draft to it.
Royalty terms that report
Per-unit, gross-revenue percentage, or minimum guarantee — we draft the royalty calculation, reporting cadence, and audit rights so you can see what you are owed.
We negotiate for you
The licence goes to the counterparty and we negotiate the revisions on your behalf, holding the line on the commercial terms that matter to you.
Executed and recorded
We coordinate signing, digital or notarised, and record the licence with the relevant copyright office where recordal strengthens your enforcement position.
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
Attorney-drafted licensing vs a template off the shelf
| What you get | GTC | Online filing services | Doing it yourself |
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| Commercial structuring call before any drafting | |||
| Exclusive vs non-exclusive structured to your goals | |||
| Royalty, reporting, and audit-rights framework drafted | |||
| Negotiation with the licensee handled for you | |||
| Recordal with the copyright office where applicable | |||
| Written agreement you can sign |
Commercial structuring call before any drafting
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Exclusive vs non-exclusive structured to your goals
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Royalty, reporting, and audit-rights framework drafted
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Negotiation with the licensee handled for you
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Recordal with the copyright office where applicable
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Written agreement you can sign
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
The timeline
From commercial intent to a signed licence
We structure the deal before we draft a word, so the agreement protects the economics you want. Standard licences move in weeks.
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Day 1
Commercial scoping
A thirty-minute call to lock the structure: what is being licensed, to whom, exclusive or non-exclusive, which territory, what term, and the royalty model. Strategy first, drafting second.
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Days 2 to 7
Drafting
An attorney drafts the licence with reps, warranties, indemnities, termination triggers, royalty reporting, and audit rights, built to the structure we agreed.
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Weeks 2 to 4
Negotiation
The draft goes to the counterparty for review. We negotiate the revisions on your behalf and hold the line on the commercial terms that matter.
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On signing
Execution and recordal
Once terms are locked, the licence is executed digitally or by notarisation as the jurisdiction requires, then recorded with the relevant copyright office where that adds enforcement leverage.
In their words
All your legal, in one place.
One accountable team across every practice, operating since 2016.
2,561+
Copyrights registered
10,747+
Clients served
11
In-house attorneys
10+
Years since 2016
Copyright Licensing FAQ
Frequently asked questions
A licence keeps you as the copyright owner; you grant permission to use under specified terms that can be exclusive or non-exclusive, royalty-bearing, and terminable. An assignment transfers ownership outright. Default to a licence unless you specifically want to sell the copyright, which is typical when a buyer acquires a one-off work.
Copyright licensing
Ready when you are.
Free thirty-minute scoping call. We talk through the commercial structure — exclusive vs non-exclusive, territory, term, royalty — and quote the drafting flat fee before any work begins.
