Listen "Personal Creative Ownership is Over"
Episode Synopsis
Does creative ownership still exist when every platform claims broad rights to your uploads? In this departure from our usual tips and tech, Greg Mount explores how the erosion of digital ownership affects professionals who share their expertise online.Through stories from the music industry's digital transformation and a parable about a fictional banjo player, this episode examines what happens when human creativity becomes training data for algorithms.Get the full story: Personal Creative Ownership is OverKey Topics:The CapCut terms of service controversy and what it representsHow the music industry's 1980s transformation predicted today's content landscapeThe fundamental difference between human inspiration and algorithmic extractionWhy free creative tools aren't really freeBuilding alternatives to platform dependencyEpisode Chapters:(00:00) - The CapCut Wake-Up Call
(01:31) - The Music Industry Was The Warning
(02:44) - The Banjo Player Who Went Viral
(04:06) - The Post-Ownership Era
(05:14) - Rue the Machine?
(06:20) - The Infrastructure Tells the Story
(07:44) - What's Still Worth Doing
(08:43) - The Choice Ahead
(09:42) - The Real Question
Resources Mentioned:CapCut Terms of Service Controversy - The VergeUnderstanding Platform Terms of Service - Electronic Frontier FoundationDaVinci Resolve - Video editing alternative
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