Source: thenewstack.io
Online Community Fights Big Tech’s ‘Chokepoint Capitalism’
That’s how the Financial Times described https://craphound.com/ and https://law.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/rebecca-giblin‘s book https://www.amazon.com/Chokepoint-Capitalism-Content-Captured-Creative/dp/0807007064/ref=sr_1_1, published in September. “That’s because powerful corporations have figured out how to create “chokepoints”, that let them snatch up more of the value generated by creative work…
Giblin and Doctorow impressively show the extent to which that’s been lost throughout the creative industries, and how this pattern threatens every other worker.”
When I asked Giblin about their own collaboration, it sounded like a natural fit — and the timing was right.
Doctorow explained that businesses start by sharing their surplus to their users — like Amazon’s early free shipping and losing money on books.
Giblin and Doctorow impressively show the extent to which that’s been lost throughout the creative industries, and how this pattern threatens every other worker.”
When I asked Giblin about their own collaboration, it sounded like a natural fit — and the timing was right.
Doctorow explained that businesses start by sharing their surplus to their users — like Amazon’s early free shipping and losing money on books.
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