Category: creators

Kickstarter wants projects to be more transparent about their budget

Post author By Randall
Post date November 19, 2019
Categories In backers, budget, budgeting, business, creators, crowdfunding, expenses, finances, fundraising, gear, Internet, kickstarter, project budget, Tech, transparency

[ad_1] It’s essentially a budgeting spreadsheet that will help creators map the cost of their projects. Like the Funding Calculator Kickstarter created in August, Project Budget will remind creators of expenses they may otherwise overlook — like taxes and fees. Once a Project Budget spreadsheet is complete, creators will have the option of sharing it […]

House passes controversial copyright bill that could be abused by trolls

Post author By Randall
Post date October 23, 2019
Categories In abuse, Art, bill, business, case act, copyright, copyright alternative in small-claims enforcement, copyright claims board, court, creators, criticism, doug collins, Entertainment, gear, hakeem jeffries, house of representatives, intellectual property, Politics, Tech, tribunal, vote

[ad_1] Under the current system, copyright cases are expensive and must be heard in federal court. The time and cost involved often deters creators from pursuing legal action. The CASE Act is meant to remedy that by creating a Copyright Claims Board to resolve disputes. It was introduced last spring by Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) […]

Prepare yourselves for a deluge of new AR filters on Instagram

Post author By Randall
Post date August 13, 2019
Categories In Ar, Art, av, beta, Cameras, creators, Design, effects, Entertainment, Facebook, filters, Instagram, Internet, Mobile, public beta, spark ar, stories, studio, Tech, tomorrow

[ad_1] Facebook first announced that it would allow Instagram users to create their own AR effects at its F8 developers conference this spring. But the news was overshadowed a bit by all of the other big announcements. Since then, Spark AR has been shared with select Instagram users in a closed beta. Today, it’s released […]

YouTube offers tiered membership levels to boost creators’ revenue

Post author By Randall
Post date July 11, 2019
Categories In business, channel, creators, earnings, fine brothers entertainment, gear, Google, Internet, memberhip, merch, money, perks, revenue, super chat, super stickers, Tech, teespring, vidcon, vidcon 2019, Youtube

[ad_1] Building off of Super Chat, which allows fans to pay for comments that appear at the top of a livestream, YouTube is adding Super Stickers. Users will be able to purchase animated stickers to share during live streams and premieres. YouTube is also adding more partners to its Merch shelf, so creators can now […]