‘The opportunity has never been bigger’: How the creator economy has opened options for creators to profit from their intellectual property

“Intellectual property” is a term often reserved for the Disneys of the world that have been able to take characters like Mickey Mouse and franchises like Marvel and squeeze them for licensing revenue in the form of product lines and content syndication deals. But individual video creators are also now getting in on the act. Read more here.

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