Ep. 39: Cory Doctorow – On Chokepoint Capitalism

Award-winning science fiction writer, blogger and activist Cory Doctorow rallies the creative class against an ever-expanding industry of monopolies and monopsonies. Co-written by Australian scholar Rebecca Giblin, Chokepoint Capitalism unveils the tricks Big Tech and Big Content use to lock-in users and suppliers, eliminate competition, and extort creators and producers, and extract value so that artists can’t survive and audiences pay through the nose. Doctorow shares his thoughts on how we can recapture creative labor markets to make them fairer and more sustainable.

Chapters:

00:00 – Introduction to Cory Doctorow
02:08 – Understanding Choke Point Capitalism
03:49 – The Impact of Market Concentration on Creators
04:25 – Systemic Solutions to Choke Point Capitalism
08:14 – The Role of Copyright in Creative Industries
12:46 – The Music Industry’s Stranglehold
15:45 – Spotify and the Record Labels
21:31 – Challenges for Aspiring Musicians
30:48 – The Ticketmaster Monopoly
43:00 – The Writers’ Guild Strike and Agency Conflicts
50:25 – Negotiating Leverage in Copyright
50:49 – Termination Rights in Copyright Law
52:35 – Complexity in Financial Scams
54:21 – Audible’s DRM and Author Exploitation
58:40 – AudibleGate: Authors Fight Back
01:05:18 – The Role of Private Equity
01:06:05 – Audience Experience and Convenience
01:11:01 – Systemic Issues and Individual Responsibility
01:16:36 – Policy Solutions and Antitrust
01:26:09 – Solidarity Among Creative Workers

Cory Doctorow:

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– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Doctorow

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