Cory Doctorow on Nostr: The real solution isn't to treat artists as atomic individuals - LLCs with an MFA - ...
The real solution isn't to treat artists as atomic individuals - LLCs with an MFA - who bargain, B2B, with corporations. Rather, the solutions are in collective power, like unions. You've probably heard about the #SAGAFTRA actors' strike, in which creative workers are bargaining as a group to demand fair treatment in an age of generative models. SAG-AFTRA president #FranDrescher's speech announcing the strike made me want to stand up and salute:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4SAPOX7R5M9/
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