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# Hollywood’s creator deals can leave talent signing away their own IP
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/hollywoods-creator-deals-can-leave-talent-signing-away-their-own-ip/
- Published: 2026-10-11T01:41:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-11T01:41:29.000Z
- Description: Digiday’s Alyssa Mercante reports that as studios and streamers chase creator-led hits, lawyer Nima Tahmassebi warns broad work-for-hire clauses can have creators “signing away things they never meant to, like their own name, their persona.”
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Creators, Alyssa Mercante, Creators moving into Hollywood risk IP via deal terms

**Why it matters.** Creators who don’t scrutinize contract terms risk losing control of their own persona to studio or brand partners.

*Signal from* [*digiday.com*](https://digiday.com/?ref=medianexis.com) *·* [*Alyssa Mercante*](https://www.medianexis.com/tag/by-alyssa-mercante/) *·* [*read the original*](https://digiday.com/media/as-creators-increasingly-move-into-hollywood-deal-terms-can-put-their-ip-at-risk/?ref=medianexis.com)*.*