Archive for November, 2007
Pay the Writer
Harlan Ellison speaks.
…as if you could really stop him.
Posted: November 7th, 2007 under Commentary.
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Residuals
Writers believe that very soon, reruns will give way completely to internet streaming.
Whenever a prime time television show is rerun, either on the broadcast network, local stations in syndication or on cable, the writer collects a residual. When it is streamed to the internet (e.g. InnerTube on CBS or off the HBO website), the [...]
Posted: November 5th, 2007 under Commentary.
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If the WGA/AMPTP Negotiations Were a Movie…
I’ve been closely (read: obsessively) following the contract negotiations as have many of my friends and colleagues. The press has generally characterized the roadblock to settlement as selecting which philosophy to use to compensate writers for their work.
John Bowman, chair of the WGA’s negotiating committee, as quoted on The Artful Writer said, “Writers are [...]
Posted: November 2nd, 2007 under Commentary.
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