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Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
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I seem to recall you having a problem with distributors. If the studio charged you the $1.99, would you feel better about it? Or if the producer charged, or the writer...
Apple is providing a service to the studios by distributing their content. They charge a margin, and both parties make some money, somewhere, or they wouldn't be doing it.
The writer could charge me.
both parties make some money, somewhere, or they wouldn't be doing it.
Really? Sure. Some portion is returned to the studio. What is returned to the creator? Zip-squeal, nada.
The writer could charge me.
Why not the director? Or the actors?
What is returned to the creator? Zip-squeal, nada.
How do you know this? Surely it is dependent on the contract in place, and that will vary from show to show.
Gus, iTunes now figures into studios calculations of revenue streams when evaluating future projects. iTunes is actually enabling the creation of content that in the past would be nixed.
iTunes and similar delivery methods enable genre and niche entertainment to get greenlit in the first place.
Your logic is pretty faulty without all the facts.
New distribution methods always creates new product.
How do you know this? Surely it is dependent on the contract in place, and that will vary from show to show.
I do not know this, actually. Point to ita. Is anyone able to demonstrate how this model has made Nathan or Joss richer?
Tamrara: Studios. Studios are not the creators. They package the creations.
Yeah, but the creator makes no money if said creations are not packaged.
Gus, agents drive deals for actors and creators to get a piece of the action when the content goes to other media. It is possible that those who wrote contracts before iTunes Music Store started carrying videos aren't getting a cut. Possible. But a good lawyer and agent will write a contract that entertains the possibility of new technologies emerging and make sure that their artist gets a cut. And certainly contracts have been renogotiated after new techologies come around. This has happened with cable and DVDs.
Gus, Studios finance the creations. You are fooling yourself if you think they are not necessary. You are looking at this with some sort of bias I don't understand. Studios are like a bank. Not good and not bad. How do you buy a house or open a business without a loan? Studios provide a valuable, necessary and good service.
They make the magic possible.
ETA: Is Universal evil and wrong because they believed in Joss and will probably never make a dime off of Serenity? Bah!
Thought maybe you guys would like to listen to the Firefly filk project my friends and me are doing...
Hope a self link is okay here, if not I´m sorry...