What's interesting about the WGA video explaining the strike is that I had thought the AMPTP wasn't offering
anything
for new media, but it looks like they
are
offering the DVD rate of four cents, but the WGA isn't taking it. And understandably so, because the AMPTP gets to reap a higher percentage of profit than they do on DVDs while not giving the writers any more. Fair share, guys! Fair share!
Also, can someone explain the four cents to me? I bought Season Three of
The Office
for whatever it was, thirtysomething dollars. Now, how does the four cents work? Is it four cents per purchase that gets distributed equally to all writers whose work is featured? Four cents that gets distributed to individual writers based on number of episodes they wrote? Four cents for each episode's writer (so that Aaron Sorkin would make, like, a whole dollar from a
Sports Night
set)?
Well, plus, dvds are probably going to be phased out - so it's easy for them to let them have dvds. And easy to see why the writers don't want to be screwed over for rights on internet and on demand plays.
dvds are probably going to be phased out
In what time period? I'd think (assuming Blu-Ray and its ilk are covered) they'll be around for at least the lifetime of videos...and it seems silly to have to renegotiate for each technology breakthrough, I just realised.
Slow.
I know. They need to figure out a formula or language that could be adapted to new media as it happens.
The excellent Televisionary has an update on many show's production status, here: [link]
I wish someone would take that information and put it into a format where we could see when the last new episode of each series would air, so it becomes apparent how exactly the television schedule becomes fucked.
Info on some other shows would be nice too. One can assume, based on the schedule of similar shows, but a lot of the shows I watch aren't on that list.
Yeah. Part of the problem is how hard it is to establish the status of some of the shows. I definitely think one big list of everything would be both useful and show everybody how messed up this is gonna get.
polter-cow --
Be ye not confused. Though it's hard not to be. When it comes to those handy streaming full episodes -- you know, the ones with the IMBEDDED commercials that you can't skip? -- nothing. Nada. They're calling that "promotional." Back in the 80s when the new market of video tape sales/rentals was born, the lawyers decided to call that "merchandising." The lawyer-double-talk of not calling a thing a thing is a long view strategy for the "moguls."
also, this is good --
[link]
