Scenarios about 'artist ownership'
The concept of creators maintaining legal rights, decision-making authority, and financial control over their artistic works and intellectual property. Artist ownership encompasses the struggle for creative autonomy, fair compensation, and protection against exploitation throughout history, particularly as media industries and distribution systems evolved. This principle remains central to debates about copyright law, royalty structures, and the economic sustainability of creative professions in alternate timelines where different legal frameworks might have developed.
What If Nashville Developed Different Music Industry Business Models?
Exploring the alternate timeline where Nashville pioneered artist-friendly business practices in the mid-20th century, fundamentally altering the trajectory of the American music industry, artist rights, and the digital transition.
What If Nashville Had Democratized Its Music Industry in the Digital Era?
Exploring how Nashville might have developed if it had pioneered a more equitable, artist-centered music ecosystem during the digital disruption of the early 2000s.