What does this contract actually say?

The contract

Paste the whole thing, schedules included. A clause worded an unusual way can slip past it, so this is never a clean bill of health: it is where to look first, and what to ask.

What it says

Worst first. Each clause with the sentence it was found in, what it means, why it can hurt, and what to ask.

How it reads

A reading aid, not legal advice. A music lawyer reading the whole contract costs far less than signing the wrong one.

• A red flag is a clause that, as written, works against you: push back, or walk away. The same flags the handbook and the Learn quiz raise, in the contract's own words.
• Ask about it is a clause that is common, where the details decide. Each comes with the question to ask before you sign.
• In your favour is a clause that protects you. Its edges are worth checking all the same.
• Not found is a protection a contract of this kind should have, and this one does not seem to: a way to get the rights back, a promise to release the music, statements, an audit, a way out. Only once the whole contract is pasted; a clause or two is read as a clause or two.
• It works out what kind of contract it is from the words, and reads it against what that kind usually says: the ranges are the toolkit's Deals tool's, so the free page and the toolkit never say two things about one clause. Pick the kind yourself if it guessed wrong.
• It reads words on this page and keeps none of them. Nothing is sent, nothing is stored, and the address never carries the text. Close the tab and it is gone.

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