Before There Was an Industry They built a billion dollar music industry that rarely paid them. But the story does not begin with record labels, contracts, or studios. It begins before the industry existed at all. In the late nineteenth...

An Independent Filmmaking System Built in Real Time Most people are taught that filmmaking starts with a script. That idea sounds good. It feels official. It feels organized. But in real independent filmmaking, especially when you are working without a...

Everyone celebrates the finished film. Almost nobody talks about what happens after. That quiet moment where you either keep control of what you made or hand it away for views or attention. That moment is licensing. If you are an...