Advice for mainstream publications writing articles about streaming piracy: It is a crime. Treat it as such. It is a crime that impacts millions of creative livelihoods. Acknowledge them. Did we mention that it is a crime? Maybe don’t implicitly endorse it? On Monday, December 16, 2019, one of the... Read more
By Justin Sanders
“Black Belts vs. Pirates” is the last 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 the life and times of entrepreneur Jimmy Kane, and learned how a grainy YouTube... 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
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
We’re Americans. We love sports. We get all wrapped up in the players on the field, or the court, or the ring, and we totally forget about the thousands of people who work behind the scenes to make our most exciting and treasured sports moments a reality. There are over 450,000... Read more
Like many public organizations with strong opinions, we find that our social media posts attract a lot of strong support as well as a number of misinformed, mean-spirited, and even downright crazy online comments. We love our supporters and we silently curse the idiots who have nothing useful to offer.... Read more
By Justin Sanders
It’s official – computers have thoroughly democratized the act of making music. All you need to lay down some sweet melodies anymore is a laptop and a “digital audio workstation” (DAW) – also known as recording software. What’s more, many of these DAWs, such as Pro Tools, are free to... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
Dear Werner Herzog, You are one of the most influential filmmakers of this generation and an artist of uncompromising vision. In all my years of running indie film studios, you were, and still are, a true icon for all of us. But a couple of your comments during a recent... Read more
By Ruth Vitale
On March 30, in an op-ed published in The Washington Post, the man who once coined the phrase “Move fast and break things” made a very public about-face. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for the internet to be regulated. “Every day, we make decisions about what speech is harmful, what constitutes... Read more
By Justin Sanders
In a world rife with existential threats to the creative economy, we tend to, by necessity, sound a lot of alarm bells here at CreativeFuture. But every now and then, we also get to share some good news – and today is one of those days! We’re pleased to announce... Read more