One way to address this is to somehow turn "little guy" into a "giant". For labor, this was accomplished via unions. A union of creative minds seems long overd

One way to address this is to somehow turn "little guy" into a "giant". For labor, this was accomplished via unions. A union of creative minds seems long overdue. It can provide a copyright trust, addressing your concerns, as well as removing the excuse of inability to get permission from n thousand creators used. It can also address matter beyond OSS, such as overreaching employment agreement clauses that assert ownership of everything in your head. [Possibly 'trust' is more suitable than 'union'. Something like Creative Commons Trust.]