Who I am, how I got
started, and why I do
this work

I’m Manojna Yeluri: an entertainment and intellectual property rights lawyer, artist rights legal educator, researcher and cultural rights advisor with over a decade of experience working alongside independent artists, musicians, designers, choreographers, studios, cultural workers, and creative organizations.

 

I've always been creatively curious, and grew up with a deep love for music, singing, writing and the performing arts. This love stayed with me through my time at the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad, where I earned my BA.LLB (Hons) degree – and led me to specialise in Entertainment, Media and Intellectual Property Rights Law at the UCLA School of Law in Los Angeles, where I completed my Masters (LLM).

 

It was during studying for my Masters degree, when I first realized the stark information gaps in artist rights, copyright and music business education in India. A couple years later, I started Artistik License (AL) as a free wordpress blog in 2013 with a simple mission: to make legal jargon easily accessible for artists – and over time, it has grown into a boutique artist-first consultancy that blends law, care, creativity, and critical thought.

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AL is more than a consultancy; it's a labour of love and a realization of a dream to empower artists and creative practitioners, alongside transforming the creative and cultural ecosystem in India and beyond, one contract and conversation at a time.