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Apologies to our friends here in television who are having the livelihoods put at risk, but I'm on the writer's side. I know, big surprise, but it irks me that these billion dollar corporations expect writers to give their work away for the purpose of developing an online market while receiving none of the benefit of risk. And if they did get an online market going, do you think they'd compensate writers for it? They'd say, "Oh, no, the profit margin is so small, and if we paid you for that work it will kill the market."
I call BS. Better for the writers to get their piece now so as these companies pursue selling content online, they'll already have writers' fees in the budget and bad precedent won't be established. The profit margin won't be imaginary.
As long as ESPN (or any sporting events) and the History channel arent effected, I can live without Comedy Central for awhile.. I really dont watch much tv anyways..
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Apologies to our friends here in television who are having the livelihoods put at risk, but I'm on the writer's side. I know, big surprise, but it irks me that these billion dollar corporations expect writers to give their work away for the purpose of developing an online market while receiving none of the benefit of risk. And if they did get an online market going, do you think they'd compensate writers for it? They'd say, "Oh, no, the profit margin is so small, and if we paid you for that work it will kill the market."
I call BS. Better for the writers to get their piece now so as these companies pursue selling content online, they'll already have writers' fees in the budget and bad precedent won't be established. The profit margin won't be imaginary.
Joss Whedon is on the side of the writers. That's all I needed to hear
I mostly watch M*A*S*H and The Andy Griffith Show re-runs, TCM, The Military Channel and The History Channel, along with sports. I honestly won't notice, I don't think.
That being said, I hope the writers get a fair deal soon.
Apologies to our friends here in television who are having the livelihoods put at risk, but I'm on the writer's side. I know, big surprise, but it irks me that these billion dollar corporations expect writers to give their work away for the purpose of developing an online market while receiving none of the benefit of risk. And if they did get an online market going, do you think they'd compensate writers for it? They'd say, "Oh, no, the profit margin is so small, and if we paid you for that work it will kill the market."
I call BS. Better for the writers to get their piece now so as these companies pursue selling content online, they'll already have writers' fees in the budget and bad precedent won't be established. The profit margin won't be imaginary.
There is no online market, hate to break it to people that don't know exactly what is going on.
I agree on the ridiculous royalty issues with DVD, but this whole thing about online revenue is ridiculous, because online doesn't make any money. There's no revenue to share.
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There is no online market, hate to break it to people that don't know exactly what is going on.
I agree on the ridiculous royalty issues with DVD, but this whole thing about online revenue is ridiculous, because online doesn't make any money. There's no revenue to share.
I guess I fall into the catagory of the people you "hate to break it to".
My uninformed question is, if there is no online market and none in development, why does the Allience have such a problem giving a share of nothing?
There is no online market, hate to break it to people that don't know exactly what is going on.
I agree on the ridiculous royalty issues with DVD, but this whole thing about online revenue is ridiculous, because online doesn't make any money. There's no revenue to share.
That much I understand.
Think of it this way: What would you do if I took your creative idea and put it on the Internet for free? Would you still expect some compensation? I think so. I know I would.
Can't shows like, The Daily Show, keep going...since Jon Stewart is one of the writers? Or, does he have to follow the strike, too?
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Think of it this way: What would you do if I took your creative idea and put it on the Internet for free? Would you still expect some compensation? I think so. I know I would.
The only thing that does is hurt the little people that don't make nearly as much money as the writers do who are in the guild, i.e. those people that work on the various websites for those networks, which are basically just marketing materials.
Sure, I think the writers are entitled--but if they somehow got some sort of revenue sharing from the studios for online viewing, every other guild will look to do the same thing.
I can definitely see the studios caving on the DVD issue, but they can't give the writers money that isn't there. They actually LOSE money online because in reality, it reduces their on-air numbers.
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