“Uber changed the way the taxi industry worked; Airbnb had a similar impact on holiday lets and rentals. It is now the turn of the creative industries, often called the copyright industries, with online platforms going by names such as Quidjob, Upwork, PeopleForHour or Fiverr. And yes, ‘Fiverr’ hints at the fact that you may be able to commission and ‘buy’ creative content for … a ‘fiver’ (read – five dollars, five pounds, five euros etc). But commissioning bespoke creative content is not as simple as ordering a taxi ride because it inevitably involves the transfer of intellectual property rights …” (more)
[Mathilde Pavis, The IPKat, 19 September]
First posted 2018-09-19 10:38:31
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