Collaboration / Co-Creation Agreement
The collab conversation everyone avoids is the one you have before you start.
Who owns what we make together. What happens to the money we keep earning after we stop. What do I walk away with if this falls apart. These aren't awkward questions — they're the only questions that matter. And if you don't answer them in writing before the work begins, you'll answer them in conflict after it ends.
Build Together, Stay Protected is an attorney-drafted agreement for creative collaborations. Joint podcasts, co-produced courses, shared content series, co-built programs, and any situation where two or more creators are making something together that has real value.
What's inside:
Everything that falls apart in collabs — addressed before it can. Pre-existing IP stays yours. Always. What you brought to this collaboration is not automatically shared just because you worked together. That's in writing, in section one, with no ambiguity.
The ownership split has blank fields. No default. No assumption. You fill in the percentage and document the basis for it because a split you can't explain is a split you can't defend.
Revenue split covers both during the collaboration and after it ends. Those are two separate numbers because that podcast you built together will keep earning ad revenue long after you stop talking to each other. Define it now.
Also covers: usage restrictions by platform and format, derivative works during and post-termination, decision-making authority, credit and attribution if someone exits mid-project, AI use prohibition, reps and warranties (including that no one contributed IP they don't actually own), optional non-solicitation, dissolution triggers, and asset division.
Includes a routing question at the top — defined project or ongoing partnership — because a limited series and a co-brand are not the same agreement, and the document will tell you exactly which sections apply to your situation.
This agreement is for media creators. Consultants, agencies, and professional service providers formalizing a partnership or co-delivery arrangement; this isn't the right template. Contact Legal Stack Studio.