For creators, taking control of their future means controlling the use of their works, specifically in their interactions with media companies. Independent creators need a single, interoperable system to license and distribute royalties from uses of their works. The premise is simple: The same technology that allows large companies to market material globally at the stroke of a key also supports reasonable accounting methods to track the revenue streams and pay a fair share to copyright holders.

There is broad consensus that such a system for freelance creators is needed; in fact, in the near future, such a system will be a service to the industry and the public in quickly and efficiently resolving any questions or disputes about the terms of use for creators’ works. This system would not replace royalty licensing operations already serving the needs of creators in other arenas.

The challenge for creators has been to assemble the proper capital and organizational effort to launch a robust system that would serve tens of thousands of creators. No one organization has the money to invest in such a system nor does one organization have the staff resources to administer a system.

The Federation is assembling the needed capital to properly finance the system.

Goal: Establish a royalty system for freelance creators who are not covered by another royalty system.

Please feel free to e-mail us your thoughts at: projects@creatorsfederation.org