Usage rights: period, territory and channels explained understandably
Usage rights decide where your recordings run in ten years. The three dimensions of every grant of rights, understandably and without lawyer German.
Writing an invoice: mandatory facts and pitfalls
A faulty invoice delays the payment or costs the production the input-VAT deduction. What belongs in it, what you may leave out and where…
Self-employed as a performer: trade, tax, invoices
No employment, no payslip, no automatic tax deduction. What that means in practice and which deadlines actually apply.
The model contract paragraph by paragraph
Duration of use, territory, media, Buyout, withdrawal: the clauses that matter, in understandable language.
Deletion and withdrawal: what is still possible after the shoot
The honest answer to the most common question after leaving: what can be deleted, what stays on the net and which paths still stand…
Age proof and the documentation duty on set
Showing ID is not mistrust, but a duty. What is documented, how long it sits and why a production without a check is the…
Kleinunternehmerregelung: when it is worth it and when it is not
No VAT on the invoice, but no input-VAT deduction on equipment and travel. Why the decision depends above all on who pays your invoices.
Right to one’s own image: what is yours and what is not
The right to one's own image is strong — until consent. Why after that the contract text decides and not your own feeling, and…