New law entitles child social media influencers to a percentage of earnings: ‘It’s kind of a new world’::The law covers children under 16 featured in monetized online platforms as debates over “sharenting” continue.
California has had the “Coogan Law” since the 1930s, which requires parents of child actors to set aside a percentage of the child’s earnings in a trust. Other states have similar laws. I’m not clear on whether these laws apply to streaming income, but it’s not really a new world so much as it is an application of an existing concept to a ‘new’ medium.
This should expand to any situation where children are compelled to provide “free” labor “for the family”. This idea that parents are entitled to their children’s labor + government benefits + child support (-> wife support) + living punching bag they can abuse or threaten with homelessness ad nauseam needs to stop.
How the times have changed.
