Does anyone know why the hollywood writers are on strike?!
Question: They've been on strike for a while now and I still don't know why. Do you know?
Answers: They've been on strike for a while now and I still don't know why. Do you know?
They are negotiating over how much writers will get from DVD sales and internet downloads, mostly.
they cant get the studios to agree to a contract that would pay them royalties for things on DVD and internet releases.
I heard it was because they believed they were underpaid and wanted more money.
money
others are stealing their ideas too
More money and residuals.
like everyone else money
They are protesting about eh fact that they dont get get paid enough for the films they write.
nope
More money?
Big corps. are robbing them of Internet & other media royalties. Without their talent & imaginations, well, TV shows are kinda lost without 'em.
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Because they only get 4 cents per dollar on what the studios make on movies and shows on the internet. They want 8 cents... and other things..
They want to be paid for any of their material that is viewed on line. (I think!!)
They want more money!
Mo money. Mo money. Mo money!
nope idk why
the reason is that the writers are getting money for the movies/tv/but they are not getting money for the episodes that you can put on your cell phone i-pod and other small multimedia so they want there cut of the cake
They want to get money from re-runs that keep being shown on TV for years, same as the actors receive. I forget what it's called.
The writer are not getting royalties, or PAID when ever the shows get shown on the Internet, or any other new age media source...
yes, and I say who the fvck cares. Hollywood...love the films, hate the movie star types. Writers deserve more money I suppose, but i have my own probs.
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For more money.
It's always about the money when it comes to any kind of srike.
If you read the attached article, it should help to answer a lot of your questions about the strike.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Writer...
They want more money
Writers are not getting a fare share of after market profits. Actors, studios & producers get a cut from DVD sales, internet downloads and the such. The people who basically make the show get very little. I think one of the things they are asking for is $.01 of every dollar of the downloads. The studios turned that down saying that is too much. The only ones who are not on the Writers side are the studios.
The writers are on strike because of contract issues. Basically they want more money. More specifically, currently writers are paid based on how well whatever they are working on performs(say at the box office, in stores etc). The issue at hand is they currently are NOT receiving royalties for internet sales and income. They claim they are entitled to it.
Thats the basic gist of the strike, though obviously its a bit more complicated(such as why tho other side currently does not want to give them royalties on internet revenue).
They wany royalties for internet telecasts of their trade.
Its not only hollywood writers but T.V. and movie writers are on strike for the following reasons:
1-Writers want to re-negotiate the contract (percentage of loyalties) between them(wga) and production cos.because
it has not changed for 2 decades .
2-writers want to double their share of loyalty.
3-writers want a share of cd.&dvd. and internet sales of their work.
4-they are asking for very little and deserve to get it.
Something to do with royalties for dvds. The strike has far reaching effects.