I'm completely unfamiliar with this person as I am pretty much anyone named as a Youtube, Instragram, or Twitter star pretty much anywhere. However for me this brings up a serious labor rights issue unaddressed in the current social media/gig economy that I feel needs to be investigated.
While technically content creators on these platforms are more like "volunteers" than "independent contractors" despite the success of many to drive massive earnings for these platforms (without content these platforms would be nothing) platforms rely on these creators to work and provide content.
Essentially content created and posted could be considered hours of work performed, so when Patreon or Youtube decided to "fire" such a creator do they have to pay out any accrued revenue earned by the creator at the time of "firing"? As far as regular jobs go their are very strict labor laws that state any earnings/vested benefit must be paid out at termination within a specific timeframe given by the individual states. So do Patreon and Youtube payout all due earnings at time of termination or do they keep the earnings?
Now if we look at these people more under a television/movie/music model we would have royalties, if Youtube is looked at as a platform such as a tv or radio station then created content would require royalties be paid until this content becomes public domain in 70 years as long as it appears on their platform. Or in the case of Patreon as long as subscribers pledge contributions (pay for the service) residual payments should occur.
I honestly do not know the answers here but I feel like with huge revenue generating rise in this economic segment someone needs to look very hard at these practices and determine what level of responsibility these platforms have as for many this not just hobby or passive income but their entire livelihoods.
I'm completely unfamiliar with this person as I am pretty much anyone named as a Youtube, Instragram, or Twitter star pretty much anywhere. However for me this brings up a serious labor rights issue unaddressed in the current social media/gig economy that I feel needs to be investigated.
While technically content creators on these platforms are more like "volunteers" than "independent contractors" despite the success of many to drive massive earnings for these platforms (without content these platforms would be nothing) platforms rely on these creators to work and provide content.
Essentially content created and posted could be considered hours of work performed, so when Patreon or Youtube decided to "fire" such a creator do they have to pay out any accrued revenue earned by the creator at the time of "firing"? As far as regular jobs go their are very strict labor laws that state any earnings/vested benefit must be paid out at termination within a specific timeframe given by the individual states. So do Patreon and Youtube payout all due earnings at time of termination or do they keep the earnings?
Now if we look at these people more under a television/movie/music model we would have royalties, if Youtube is looked at as a platform such as a tv or radio station then created content would require royalties be paid until this content becomes public domain in 70 years as long as it appears on their platform. Or in the case of Patreon as long as subscribers pledge contributions (pay for the service) residual payments should occur.
I honestly do not know the answers here but I feel like with huge revenue generating rise in this economic segment someone needs to look very hard at these practices and determine what level of responsibility these platforms have as for many this not just hobby or passive income but their entire livelihoods.
I'm completely unfamiliar with this person as I am pretty much anyone named as a Youtube, Instragram, or Twitter star pretty much anywhere. However for me this brings up a serious labor rights issue unaddressed in the current social media/gig economy that I feel needs to be investigated.
While technically content creators on these platforms are more like "volunteers" than "independent contractors" despite the success of many to drive massive earnings for these platforms (without content these platforms would be nothing) platforms rely on these creators to work and provide content.
Essentially content created and posted could be considered hours of work performed, so when Patreon or Youtube decided to "fire" such a creator do they have to pay out any accrued revenue earned by the creator at the time of "firing"? As far as regular jobs go their are very strict labor laws that state any earnings/vested benefit must be paid out at termination within a specific timeframe given by the individual states. So do Patreon and Youtube payout all due earnings at time of termination or do they keep the earnings?
Now if we look at these people more under a television/movie/music model we would have royalties, if Youtube is looked at as a platform such as a tv or radio station then created content would require royalties be paid until this content becomes public domain in 70 years as long as it appears on their platform. Or in the case of Patreon as long as subscribers pledge contributions (pay for the service) residual payments should occur.
I honestly do not know the answers here but I feel like with huge revenue generating rise in this economic segment someone needs to look very hard at these practices and determine what level of responsibility these platforms have as for many this not just hobby or passive income but their entire livelihoods.