The Do's and Don'ts Of Esports And the law

​Do

• Create a business entity
• Understand how to contract with a minor
• Understand the basics of sponsorship agreements
• Understand the basics of player contracts
• Disclose sponsored content
• Trademark your brand
• Protect your copyrights
• Understand what are and how to license your intellectual property rights
• Minimize the risk of a DMCA Takedown
• Only use Adderall if you have a prescription
• Pay your players
• Secure the appropriate visas for travel
• Conduct due diligence when acquiring digital assets
• Know when poaching is actionable
• Familiarize yourself with sponsorship essentials- Intellectual Property, Exclusivity, Expectations and Payments
• Consider adding morals clauses to contracts
• Vet all parties you consider entering into any contracts with 

​Don't

• Stream inside a public restroom
• Engage in deceptive endorsements
• Stream in blackface
• Insult the country you will be working in
• Get sexually involved with a minor
• Use homophobic language
• Get violent or aggressive with others
• Sexually harass women
• Lie about whether you are streaming on private property
• Be toxic
• Stream pornography on Twitch
• Match Fix  
• Tweet out death threats
• Use or create cheats or hacks
• Get into a fight
• Violate leagues’ code of conduct
• Falsify your player’s age for competitive eligibility
• Be a racist
• Raid your investor’s corporate office
• Be hostile to players leaving your team
• Offer oppressive contracts
• Breach your contracts

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