A wider array of creators are finding opportunities to license their video back catalogs and launch their own product lines.
May 12, 2022

“Intellectual property” is a term often reserved for the Disneys of the world that have been able to take characters like Mickey Mouse and franchises like Marvel and squeeze them for licensing revenue in the form of product lines and content syndication deals. But individual video creators are also now getting in on the act. Read more here.

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