Contract advocate for labels & studios
AI contract analysis, counter-proposals, and licensed attorney access for labels and studios.
An artist agreement lands on your desk — Clause reads every clause in 15 seconds. You see exactly what you're offering: advance recoupment terms, royalty splits, option periods, master ownership timeline. Everything color-coded. Red items come with alternative language you can propose — three options, deal-preserving tone, built for negotiation.
Distribution agreements are dense with hidden costs — marketing recoupment, territory carve-outs, minimum commitment periods, and revenue share structures that erode your margin. Clause breaks down every term so you can compare distributors apples-to-apples and negotiate from a position of clarity.
Studio booking contracts, equipment rental agreements, engineering hire terms, and session cancellation policies all have fine print that can cost you. Clause reads every studio-related contract and flags liability exposure, cancellation penalties, and IP ownership ambiguities before they become problems.
Every sync deal, sampling clearance, and catalog license builds your rights map — territories, exclusivity windows, usage types. When a new licensing opportunity arrives, Clause checks it against your existing commitments. Conflicts get flagged before you grant overlapping rights, with resolution paths for each scenario.
Label operations run on deadlines — option exercise dates, advance payment schedules, distribution reporting windows, license renewals, reversion triggers. Clause extracts them all from every contract and builds your operations calendar. Get alerts before deadlines hit so you never miss an option, overpay an advance, or let a license lapse.
Some deals are too high-stakes for AI alone — a catalog acquisition, a 360 renegotiation, a distribution audit dispute. When Clause flags a contract that crosses the complexity threshold, it routes directly to a licensed entertainment attorney who specializes in your exact issue. You get a warm handoff with full context: the flagged clauses, the risk summary, and the deal value at stake. No cold calls, no explaining from scratch. You get real legal backup in hours, not weeks.
Our distribution deal had a marketing recoup clause that effectively doubled their take rate. We didn't see it until Clause broke the numbers down. Renegotiated and saved $40K in year one alone.
I was signing artists to 5-album options with no renegotiation triggers — standard boilerplate from our lawyer. Clause showed me how those terms were actually hurting our artist retention. We restructured every template.
A sync supervisor sent us a license for a national TV spot that included perpetual worldwide rights for a flat $8K. Clause benchmarked it at $35K+ and flagged the territory scope. We closed at $42K with a 2-year window.
We manage distribution for 12 artists and every deal had different accounting periods, termination windows, and auto-renewal traps. Clause mapped the entire portfolio in an afternoon. We caught two auto-renewals we would have missed.
Clause reads your contracts, flags what matters, and drafts responses — whether it's an artist agreement, distribution deal, sync license, or studio booking.
Artist agreements, distribution deals, catalog licensing. Protect your roster and your catalog without a full-time legal team.
Signing new artists, structuring option deals, negotiating advances. Make sure the terms you're offering are competitive and defensible.
Booking contracts, equipment liability, engineering terms, session IP. Lock down your operations before clients walk through the door.
Distribution agreements, accounting periods, territory exclusivity, auto-renewal traps. Manage your catalog pipeline with clarity.
Sync placements, sampling clearances, master-use licenses. Maximize catalog revenue without granting overlapping rights.
Overseeing multiple artist contracts, royalty accounting, and label operations. Get a single view across your entire portfolio.
An artist agreement, distribution deal, sync license, or studio contract hits your desk. Upload any PDF, DOCX, or even a screenshot. Clause reads it clause-by-clause in about 15 seconds.
Every clause color-coded: green for fair, yellow for review, red for risk. Option periods, reversion clauses, territory locks, recoupment terms — all in plain English with industry benchmarks.
For anything flagged red, Clause drafts counter-proposals — professional, deal-preserving, and specific to your situation. Three options per issue so you can close deals faster without giving away value.
Everyone else leaves you to figure it out alone. We have your back.
| Product | Cost | Deal Analysis | Rights Tracking | Conflict Detection | Counter-Proposals | Lawyer Advocate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lawyer (hourly) | $300–800/hr | ✓ | ✕ | ✕ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Business manager | $5–10K/yr retainer | Sometimes | ✕ | ✕ | Sometimes | ✕ |
| Generic AI tools | $20+/mo | Generic | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ | ✕ |
| clause.fyi | $29/mo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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