Comments on: Hollywood Writers Strike: All Hollywood Writers Are Not Millionaires

By: actor212

actor212 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:51:02 +0000

Bones, imagine it this way:

Say you invent a product for the company you work for, and you negotiate a contract that says that you will get paid a royalty for every widget sold in x country. Your company has always sold only to country, and never dealt with anyone else, so you figure you’re on safe ground.

Now imagine x country has a civil war, and divides into two countries, x1 and x2. Your company now says that, since x2 is a new country, your agreement is no longer valid for that country, and you are not entitled to royalties from there, meanwhile, they will continue to sell your widget in x2.

Now let’s take this to the writers’ case, and say that everyone in x1 is gravitating and moving to x2, which basically screws you out of any royalties…effectively, this is what has happened to the WGA.

By: actor212

actor212 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 12:45:34 +0000

kryon77 said,
November 23, 2007 at 4:38 am:
It’s important to note that those who write without capitalization are almost alway substandard people, which does not, of course, disqualify our friend skippy from the ranks of left-wing bloggers (or Hollywood actors.)

Errrr, as the first letter of a name, shouldn’t the “k” be capitalized, or are you substandard as well?

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Hollywood Writers Strike: All Hollywood Writers Are Not Millionaires — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:34:16 +0000

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By: Bones_708

Bones_708 — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 22:45:45 +0000

First where did he get the price? Check amazon he inflated it by 50% the real price but I guess that still leaves the question. What should a writer who got paid to write a script get paid vs. a company who paid a 100 million to make a film? Are not the best writers sought out, paid more, and able to negotiate for more than the min? I’m not upset for them trying to get more, it’s the American way, but I’m not real worried about it either.

By: domajot

domajot — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 21:07:37 +0000

I would just note that some of those ‘substandard’ writers created the text for extemely successful shows, from which protits are still coming in – only not to the writiers.

By: skippy

skippy — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:13:24 +0000

it’s important to note that those who write without capitalization are almost alway substandard people,

may i suggest that the same substandard criterion be applied to people that don't use spell check? "almost alway"? not "alway alway"? or, as willie nelson said, "you were alway on my mind."

By: domajot

domajot — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 20:05:30 +0000

The writers, like all workers, are being short changed. That’s the trend across the board, in all fields.

There has to be push-back, although only realistic, limied pushback is possible.(or advisable).
The writers are quite reasonable, IMO, and deserve support.

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By: kryon77

kryon77 — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:38:50 +0000

It’s important to note that those who write without capitalization are almost alway substandard people, which does not, of course, disqualify our friend skippy from the ranks of left-wing bloggers (or Hollywood actors.)

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