Happy holidays from CreativeFuture HQ, where our growing family of copyright defenders had another exciting year! From legislation victories such as the CASE Act to lashing out at anti-copyright crusaders in all their forms, 2019 was packed with memorable moments. But of all the battles we waged, achievements we enjoyed, and accolades or insults we... Read more
Another year, another series of blogs rounding up reasons for #PlatformAccountability from across the spectrum of political, cultural, and sociological discourse. Throughout the past year, we’ve regularly published posts chock full of quotes and comments describing the grave harms and indignities perpetrated by massive internet platform companies such as Facebook and Google. There has been no shortage of... Read more
By Justin Sanders
“Easy to Use = Hard to Make” is the second of our three-part series about what it takes to build a successful content platform in the age of streaming piracy. In Part 1, “The Black Belt,” we dug into Kane’s background and learned how a grainy YouTube video from his parents’ martial... Read more
We do a lot of railing against the mammoth internet platforms (Google and Facebook) and other internet companies that are harming not just the creative industries but society at large. But, occasionally, it’s important to also take time to reflect on the good things that happen in between the lies,... Read more
By Justin Sanders
“The Black Belt” is the first of our three-part series about what it takes to build a successful content platform in the age of streaming piracy. Click here for Part 2. Before skateboarding was a multibillion-dollar industry, it was the fringe pursuit of a youth counterculture kick-flipping in backyards, empty... Read more
One thing became clear in the wake of our recent article on Pam Samuelson – she has a number of fans on “academic Twitter.” Several academics commented on our piece – some apparently without reading it – and challenged our facts and conclusions. We’ll stand by our facts. Her supporters... Read more