An Independent Contractor Agreement ensures that you have legal claim to the intellectual property that you pay your independent contractor to create for you. That includes inventions, patents, graphic design, written copy, art, and more! Without an independent contractor agreement, you may have no legal claim to the videos, graphics, inventions, edits, tweaks, etc. that you hired the contractor for. Unfortunately, it happens. Having an Independent Contractor Agreement ensures that you have legal claim to the intellectual property that you pay them to create, allowing you to not have to worry about that.