Advocacy and Legal Resources for Creators

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APA strives to improve the environment for photographic artists and clear the pathways to success in the industry. Recognized for its broad industry reach, APA continues to expand benefits for its members and works to champion the rights of photographers and image-makers worldwide.

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We offer support and discuss legal information about copyright and intellectual property. We deal with promotion and marketing, and how to work with galleries and auction houses, as well as websites and social media.

Our core mission is to advocate, educate, and provide community for image makers — fostering thriving careers, a strong sense of professional ethics, and an unshakable belief in the power of images.

We are an alliance of working musicians, performers, and songwriters fighting for a healthy creative economy and fair treatment for all creators in the digital world.

We work to defend and protect artists, guided by our Artists’ Bill of Rights, which outlines fundamental principles for today’s music economy.

The Authors Guild is the nation’s oldest and largest professional organization for published writers. Since our founding, we have served as the collective voice of American authors, and have long supported the rich and diverse literary culture of our country. Our members include novelists in all genres and categories, nonfiction writers, journalists, historians, poets, and translators. The Guild welcomes traditionally-published authors as well as self-published, independent authors.

The Copyright Alliance — which represents the interests of authors, photographers, performers, artists, software developers, musicians, journalists, directors, songwriters, game designers, and many other individual creators — is dedicated to advocating policies that promote and preserve the value of copyright and to protecting the rights of creators and innovators.


The Graphic Artists Guild’s primary purpose is to help our members compete effectively in an ever-changing field. We enable graphic artists and other design professionals to build and maintain successful careers by providing skills and support—from advice on the daily tasks of running a creative business to going to bat for our creative community with business and government leaders.

Everything that we do, create, and offer is done so with the intent to celebrate and elevate women to higher roles in the photography industry, ultimately increasing the visibility, representation, and recognition of those who identify as female in the architectural and interior photography space.

A nonprofit organization of writers and publishing professionals around the world, dedicated to promoting dark literature and the interests of those who write it.

NAVA advocates and promotes the advancement of of the voice acting industry through action, education, inclusion, and benefits. Launched in November 2022, NAVA is the first voice over association to offer access to nationwide group healthcare for voice actors. 

Since 1949, the NPPA has been the leading voice advocating for the work of visual journalists. Our organization fights for working news photographers, videographers and multimedia journalists. Our Code of Ethics stands for the highest integrity in visual storytelling.

The mission of the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association (PANA*) is to advance education, recognition, and networking opportunities for our diverse community of professional audiobook narrators.

With more than 150 years of history, PPA’s long narrative parallels the origins of photography itself. Times change, but our dedication to serving our members remains constant. We are a partner, advocate and guide for photographers navigating the increasingly complex business of photography.

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The Photographic Society of America (PSA), founded in 1934, is a world-wide organization providing abundant resources for photographers, from the novice to the professional. PSA offers online learning, webinars, study groups, competitions, mentors and consultants. Membership is in over 80 countries, 460 Camera Clubs, and 11 Chapters across the United States

The Society of Composers & Lyricists is committed to advancing the interests of composers and lyricists working in visual media, including film, television, theater, video games and beyond.

Find an attorney who specializes in copyright law. Below is a list of attorneys, firms, and organizations. Special thanks to RightsClick partner Copyright Alliance, for many of the entries on this list. This list does not constitute a recommendation and there is no guarantee of results.

Note: we list locations, but because copyright is federal law, the ideal attorney for you may be located anywhere in the U.S. See Copyright Alliance blog about hiring an attorney.

Attorney

Firm

Location

Jenner & Block

New York

Jenner & Block

Los Angeles

Jenner & Block

New York

Jenner & Block

Los Angeles

Cravath, Swaine & Moore

New York

Cravath, Swaine & Moore

New York

Jenner & Block

Los Angeles

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp

New York/Los Angeles

Mitchell, Silbergerg & Knupp

Washington, D.C.

Jenner & Block

New York

Mitchell, Siberberg & Knupp

Washington, D.C.

SRIPLaw

New York

Williams McCarthy

Illinois

Lyons & Salky Law, LLP

New York

Jenner & Block

Los Angeles

Peppercorn Partners

New York

Munger, Tolles & Olson

San Francisco

Covington

Washington, D.C./New York

Kendall, Brill & Kelly

Los Angeles

Covington

San Francisco

Jenner & Block

Washington, D.C.

Williams, McCarthy

Illinois

Oppenheim + Zebrak

Washington, D.C.

Mitchell, Siberberg & Knupp

Washington, D.C.

Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard

New York

Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp

Los Angeles

Arthur Law Office LLC

Wisconsin

Covington

Washington, D.C.

Covington

Washington, D.C.

Masters IP

Donniger/Burroughs

Los Angeles/New York

Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard

New York

Oppenheim + Zebrak

Washington, D.C.

Jenner & Block

Washington, D.C.

Jenner & Block

New York

Jenner & Block

Washington, D.C.