Built for the Creator Economy

When YouTube monetization launched, a generation of creators discovered they could build real businesses from their content. What they also discovered — usually the hard way — was that the legal and financial infrastructure around them was designed for traditional businesses, not for people who earn income from ad revenue, brand deals, and digital licensing.

Copyright disputes were handled by platforms, not courts. Tax preparation was done by generalist accountants who didn't understand creator income. Business formation was an afterthought. And when content got stolen — which it did, constantly — creators had no clear path to recourse.DMCA takedown services only take down your content - they don't do anything to get you the money you are owed by the pirates who stole your work. We do, and that is what makes us different.

Guarda Costa was founded to close those gaps. We built a practice specifically around the legal and financial realities of running a content business: the irregular income, the intellectual property exposure, the platform dependency, the brand deal complexity, and the unique tax treatment of self-employed digital creators.

The name comes from the Portuguese and Spanish tradition of the coast guard — the guardians of the shore. We think of ourselves the same way: protecting what you've built, watching the horizon for threats, and making sure you can keep creating without looking over your shoulder.