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ENTERTAINMENT-LAW4 MIN READ

Clearance Objection Battledeck

Respond to clearance objections by naming interests and offering scoped options.

Director objection They say: The scene does not work without that song. The license quote is over budget and the cue appears in a pivotal montage. Your line I agree the song is doing story work. The legal constraint is budget and rights scope, so let's price the real cue and identify one fallback that preserves the same story function. Treating legal and creative as enemies. The better move is to name the shared interest: story impact. It validates the creative interest and creates options. Producer objection They say: We will fix it after delivery if anyone complains. The issue…

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