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Post by stitch on Nov 25, 2007 19:33:45 GMT -5
Anyone have any updates about this? I think the writers should get residuals. Without writers, there is no show.
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Post by x on Nov 25, 2007 23:37:52 GMT -5
The heart of the problem is that the producers are using the networks' line that the online streaming is promotional and doesn't make a profit. I don't think that's true, but it's irrelevant anyway. The writers are hired by the producers. Whatever the producers get paid for producing the show is the only relevant part. The writers should get a fixed percent of whatever the producer/studio is getting from the outlets that send the show to the public. It seems blissfully simple to me. Either everyone involved in the strike is really dumb or I'm dumb and am missing something. Something tells me it's the latter.
P.S. the writers DO get residuals. It's getting residuals from online streaming that's the thorny part here.
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Post by stitch on Nov 26, 2007 12:49:14 GMT -5
I'm thinking the same thing you are. I can see how they could easily solve this issue by giving the writers a percentage of their downloaded episodes and those that are already seen. They should even give the writers a percentage of their episode that are sold - but not rented on DVD. I think if they included rented dvd's, it would become a mess and the tracking would be inaccurate.
The rest would be simple to track. Everything we do nowdays is tracked. Websites such as this one, where most people have a "handle"...This can be tracked as well. If the webmaster wanted to, he or she could easily find out information about at least one person who uses the IP address that comes from a computer. It may not lead to the identity of the poster, but a very high pencentage of the time it does. And if they needed to track down a specific poster, all you have to do is investigate it a little more. It's a no-brainer and it's fast and fairly easy. The people who run this site don't go around investigating their posters at all. They have better things to do...
NOT trying to make anyone paranoid about posting, just trying to illustrate my point about tracking an item. It's not hard and would not cost money to set up technical tracking equipment. It's already available to people who need to crunch the numbers!
One problem I can see is if a writer makes a last minute contribution to an story and is not credited for that contribution.
If they can't reach an agreement soon, some new show may fall by the wayside. 30 Rock, Bionic Woman and the Office are on suspension right now until further notice. The actors of those three programs are being paid at 1/2 salary until the strike is over. I think the networks may pull the plug on Bionic Woman because this strike gives them a stronger excuse to pull some of these lagging shows earlier.
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Post by x on Nov 26, 2007 23:42:39 GMT -5
Renting a DVD is a non issue. Once the rental agency buys their copy, that's the end of the line as far as money going to the studio/producer.
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Post by stitch on Dec 2, 2007 20:03:46 GMT -5
You're right. Any new news about this?
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Post by x on Dec 2, 2007 23:38:14 GMT -5
If you want to follow the news, I'd suggest www.tvweek.com/. They have a good overview and links to other articles.
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Post by stitch on Jan 17, 2008 5:27:26 GMT -5
When is this gonna end for crying out loud! I want to see that new Trekkie Movie! The one where Shatner is going to have a cow because he's not in it! He's the Priceline NEGOTIATOR. Couldn't he negotiate some sort of deal for the Trekkie film? Maybe a walk-on or fly-by?
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Post by x on Jan 18, 2008 0:40:52 GMT -5
The directors made a deal with the producers today, less than a week after starting negotiations. They seem happy with their additional money. This is going to make the writers look even worse than they do now. The DGA deal is at dga.org/negotiations/index.php
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