Do you support the writer's in their strike?!


Question: They are well paid for their work (as are actors). Should they keep getting paid every time a show airs or a DVD sells? They are not like musicians who only get paid based on sales.

I say they are greedy whiners who can easily be replaced. Do you agree?


Answers: They are well paid for their work (as are actors). Should they keep getting paid every time a show airs or a DVD sells? They are not like musicians who only get paid based on sales.

I say they are greedy whiners who can easily be replaced. Do you agree?

The writers that this strike is for aren't millionaires. They aren't asking for more than they deserve. Originally, they got 2.5% of the profit from a show. In 1988, when the 'new media' was VHS they agreed to take an initial cut in pay... they would receive less up front and when the studios got back what they were putting into the VHS medium and from having shows in syndication, they would get the rest of what they were owed - their residuals.

Because the internet wasn't relevant the last time they negotiated contract, there is no such clause for that. Instead of showing them in syndication studios air the television shows on their websites filled with ads (so they're bringing in the money) but unlike with reruns that air on television the writers don't get anything from it.

The defense that the studios use is that these online airings are 'promotions' and they should not have to pay the writers for promoting the show ... but how many times do you see a commercial within a promotion? It's a flimsy excuse.

I think the writers are underappreciated by the corporate money hogs and deserve salary increases for their work.

According to what I am hearing, writers only make 4 cents of everything they sell and they only want to increase it to 8 cents. Frankly, I don't see what the big deal is, Hollywood is rich enough, people deserve their money.

These people are like wild dogs that eat and eat till they get sick. They just do not know when to stop........Their greed and lust for more and more is sickening. They should be condemned to spend at least one day in the "real world" then just maybe they will see how blessed they are......



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