Protect The Song
About

Built at the intersection of entertainment law and songwriting.

Protect The Song was built for creators who need real-world guidance, not legalese for the sake of legalese.

About Steve Grauberger

Entertainment attorney. Multi-platinum selling songwriter. Creator advocate.

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Steve Grauberger brings a rare dual perspective to Protect The Song: the legal training of an attorney and the lived experience of a commercially successful songwriter. That combination matters because most creators do not need more abstract legal theory. They need someone who understands what happens in writing rooms, deal conversations, release planning, publishing questions, split disputes, producer issues, and the real-world pressure creators face when paper shows up fast.

Over more than 20 years as an attorney, Steve has helped countless artists and songwriters with contract, rights, and litigation matters. He also served as lead counsel in copyright infringement lawsuits against Napster, Microsoft, Yahoo!, and others.

The mission is simple: help indie artists, songwriters, producers, and managers understand what they are signing, what rights are at stake, and where the real red flags live — without drowning them in legalese.

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Why Protect The Song exists

ProtectTheSong.com was created to help artists and songwriters stop losing leverage through confusion, urgency, or misplaced trust. Too many creators still face contracts, split issues, release problems, publishing questions, and producer or manager agreements without a clear, practical explanation of what those documents actually do.

This site gives them a better option: plain-English tools, educational downloads, and focused survival packs built to help them slow down, spot red flags, and understand what matters before they commit.