> As I've grown older I've become less and less convinced that any of our current legal frameworks actually protect the output of "creatives".
I think most of "creatives" are just high and dry because most of the output is just not very good. Creative output in a digital world is a winner-take-all scenario, so mediocre artists just get 0 exposure.
If I have limited amount of time to commit to watching something or listening to a song or using a font, I will naturally gravitate to things that are already popular/good and make money. What would help creatives here is a better discovery process, but it's pretty tangential to the legal framework.
I think most of "creatives" are just high and dry because most of the output is just not very good. Creative output in a digital world is a winner-take-all scenario, so mediocre artists just get 0 exposure.
If I have limited amount of time to commit to watching something or listening to a song or using a font, I will naturally gravitate to things that are already popular/good and make money. What would help creatives here is a better discovery process, but it's pretty tangential to the legal framework.