It really supports my point above - about how the writers have discovered the best promotional source out there - the internet. The studios can't compete with the writer's blogs, writer's fanboards, and YouTube. It's not like magazines or newspapers or even tv - where the guy with the most money wins. (ie - the guy who can pay for the ad space.)
Back in the 1980s - the WGA couldn't get any support. No one knew what they were doing or why. They couldn't afford to take out those big ads and the net was not really in existence - except possibly for true computer geeks.
Now....ah, if you know how to write well and persuasively, better yet, if you can figure out how to shoot videos and download cool photos - you are golden on the net. The information is fast, free, and widely accessible. The internet scares and excites corporations for that reason.
The article above underlines that fact.
As an aside - from the studios perspective they aren't greedy, think about it - they put up the money for a tv series or film, pay everyone for the work rendered, (and I mean everyone down to the non-contract/non-union workers), eat the cost if the creation flops and for every success there are numerous flops. That said, their unwillingness to share a portion of the net revenue is not helping them. They are costing themselves a lot more money not giving into that request.
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It really supports my point above - about how the writers have discovered the best promotional source out there - the internet.
The studios can't compete with the writer's blogs, writer's fanboards, and YouTube. It's not like magazines or newspapers or even tv - where the guy with the most money wins. (ie - the guy who can pay for the ad space.)
Back in the 1980s - the WGA couldn't get any support. No one knew what they were doing or why. They couldn't afford to take out those big ads and the net was not really in existence - except possibly for true computer geeks.
Now....ah, if you know how to write well and persuasively, better yet, if you can figure out how to shoot videos and download cool photos - you are golden on the net. The information is fast, free, and widely accessible. The internet scares and excites corporations for that reason.
The article above underlines that fact.
As an aside - from the studios perspective they aren't greedy, think about it - they put up the money for a tv series or film, pay everyone for the work rendered, (and I mean everyone down to the non-contract/non-union workers), eat the cost if the creation flops and for every success there are numerous flops. That said, their unwillingness to share a portion of the net revenue is not helping them. They are costing themselves a lot more money not giving into that request.