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# Usage rights, not fees, are the real friction in creator deals
- URL: https://fabric.media/usage-rights-not-fees-are-the-real-friction-in-creator-deals/
- Published: 2026-09-04T14:40:39.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T14:40:39.000Z
- Description: Marketers and agents tell Digiday that inconsistent usage-rights terms, not base fees, are driving up creator partnership costs. Brands increasingly seek perpetual usage, while pricing for paid usage, organic usage and exclusivity varies wildly with no shared standard.
- Author: Fabric.Media Editorial
- Tags: Creators, Alyssa Mercante, Creator marketing economic correction warning

**Why it matters.** Without standardized contract language, agencies and creators with in-house legal expertise gain negotiating power over brands that default to vague shorthand terms.

*Signal from* [*digiday.com*](https://digiday.com/?ref=fabric.media) *·* [*Alyssa Mercante*](https://fabric.media/tag/by-alyssa-mercante/) *·* [*read the original*](https://digiday.com/media/marketers-say-usage-rights-are-driving-up-the-price-to-work-with-creators/?ref=fabric.media)*.*