Podcasting & Digital Media Law

Podcasting & Digital Media Law is the legal practice area of Firemark Entertainment Law, a Los Angeles-based entertainment law firm led by attorney Gordon P. Firemark, known as "The Podcast Lawyer." The firm provides legal guidance to podcasters, YouTubers, livestreamers, and other digital media creators and businesses as they build and scale their ventures. Its services address the legal risks common to the creator economy, including copyright issues, brand protection, collaborator disputes, and sponsorship contracts.

Services span intellectual property protection, including copyright registration, trademark protection for show titles and brands, licensing of music and third-party content, and rights clearance. The firm also assists with business structure matters such as LLC and corporate formation, operating agreements, and ownership arrangements among co-hosts and production teams. Additional work includes drafting and negotiating contracts such as co-host and collaboration agreements, guest release agreements, production and editing agreements, sponsorship and brand partnership contracts, and podcast network agreements.

The firm advises on risk management and compliance topics relevant to digital creators, including defamation and media liability. It serves individual podcasters and YouTubers, multi-host shows, podcast networks, and creator-driven businesses seeking formal legal structures as they grow. Gordon Firemark, who leads the practice, has more than three decades of experience in entertainment, media, and intellectual property law and also produces the Entertainment Law Update podcast.