Does creative ownership still exist when every platform claims broad rights to your uploads? In this departure from our usual tips and tech, Greg Mount explores how the erosion of digital ownership affects professionals who share their expertise online.

Through stories from the music industry's digital transformation and a parable about a fictional banjo player, this episode examines what happens when human creativity becomes training data for algorithms.

Get the full story: Personal Creative Ownership is Over

Key Topics:

• The CapCut terms of service controversy and what it represents
• How the music industry's 1980s transformation predicted today's content landscape
• The fundamental difference between human inspiration and algorithmic extraction
• Why free creative tools aren't really free
• Building alternatives to platform dependency

Episode Chapters:

• (00:00) - The CapCut Wake-Up Call

• CapCut Terms of Service Controversy - The Verge
• Understanding Platform Terms of Service - Electronic Frontier Foundation
• DaVinci Resolve - Video editing alternative