• @MBM
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    108 months ago

    I kind of hate that Intellectual Property is a term that anyone other than lawyers and executives uses. Same as content and content creator.

    • The Picard ManeuverOP
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      108 months ago

      It’s fallen into my lexicon as an convenient general term for something that spans multiple forms of media.

      But I also agree that it feels a little gross to use. I’m blanking on an alternative at the moment… Franchise?

    • @Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      38 months ago

      I have a conspiracy that it’s part of a psy-op to make individuals feel like they somehow hold stake in the corporation, so they’re more likely to support corporate decisions.

    • 1ostA5tro6yne
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      18 months ago

      right? i heard someone refer to original games (as in “not a remake, sequel, or adaptation”) as “new IPs” the other day and gagged. it’s such a soulless way to talk about art.

    • @intensely_human@lemm.ee
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      -28 months ago

      I’d say these are web startup terms. When you’ve got a team that looks like:

      • angel with a bunch of tech startups under his belt
      • ceo / biz dev / marketing guy
      • ceo’s roommate who’s doing sales, biz dev, media schmoozing
      • web developer
      • genius functional language purist who does server admin too

      Those meetings are gonna have “content creators” connected with lines to Articles to Feeds to Subscriptions and then a line to “content consumers” all in little boxes up on the whiteboard.

      “Content creator” is a term for a fungible model of a person whose role in your machine is to fill the content tank so the subscriptions engine can run. How many content creators by Q2 of this year.