Media & Entertainment

Rights, contracting, and exploitation of cultural projects

We ensure clear and robust management of ownership, licensing, and exploitation of rights in cultural projects, so that they can be developed, produced, and monetized with legal certainty.

“Elzaburu offers personalized and comprehensive advice, a problem-solving approach, and prompt service in all matters.”

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A Comprehensive View of Rights, Contracting, and Exploitation

We align contracts and rights with the project timeline

A cultural project requires a solid rights framework. Before producing, distributing, or exploiting a work, it is essential to know who holds which rights, how those rights were acquired, what uses are authorized, and what contracts underpin each phase of the project.

At ELZABURU, we provide advice on the identification, acquisition, transfer, licensing, and exploitation of rights related to audiovisual projects, the performing arts, and entertainment in general. We review the chain of ownership and negotiate contracts with authors, directors, screenwriters, composers, artists, producers, distributors, sales agents, platforms, and other project participants.

We also assist with the hiring of creative, artistic, and technical teams, addressing questions related to intellectual property, image rights, authorizations, collecting societies, and terms of use.

Our approach allows us to align rights, contracts, and the business model so that each agreement is consistent with the project’s production, distribution, and future exploitation.

Services Related to Rights, Contracting, and the Commercialization of Cultural Projects

Contracts for the safe production, distribution, and operation

legal advisory services for cultural, entertainment, and audiovisual projects

Chain of Title

We verify ownership of the rights necessary to produce and exploit the project, including agreements with screenwriters, directors, composers, authors, and owners of pre-existing works.

Option Agreements and Assignment of Rights

We draft and negotiate contracts for options, assignments, licenses, or acquisitions of rights to literary, audiovisual, and musical works, formats, or other pre-existing content.

Creative, Artistic, and Technical Hiring

We assist with the hiring of creative, artistic, and technical staff, including drafting and negotiating contracts and deal memos, liaising with agents, addressing questions about collective bargaining agreements, and coordinating with administrative agencies or labor consultants.

Production and Co-Production Contracts

We provide advice on drafting and negotiating co-production, co-development, production commission, and executive production contracts, as well as other agreements necessary to organize each party’s participation in the project.

Distribution, Pre-sales, and Sales Representatives

We provide advice on drafting and negotiating national and international distribution agreements, pre-sales, agreements with sales agents, and other instruments related to commercial exploitation.

Intellectual Property and Commercialization Inquiries

We resolve issues related to copyright, image rights, collecting societies, authorizations, and the terms of use or exploitation of content within the project.