Maybe the price is based on what the stores/distributors pay wholesale rather than the retail price?
Bingo!
Willow: Yikes. Imagine the things...Buffy: No! Stop imagining! All of you! Xander: Already got the visual.
'Dirty Girls'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Tamara - Nov 08, 2007 10:35:19 am PST #7667 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
Wolfram - Nov 08, 2007 10:40:20 am PST #7668 of 10001
Visilurking
This links explains it all: [link]
We propose to double the home video residual formula from 0.3% to 0.6% for the first $1 million in reportable gross and from 0.36% to 0.72% over $1 million.
I don't know if this is wholesale or retail.
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2007 10:50:16 am PST #7669 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks, Wolfram. I didn't know about all those other disputes, too.
Wolfram - Nov 08, 2007 11:06:44 am PST #7670 of 10001
Visilurking
My understanding is that they were willing to take all the other disputes off the table except doubling the home video residual formula and setting a percentage on streaming video.
On Sunday night, the writers were allegedly told that if they took the doubling residual proposal off the table the producers would offer them a percentage on the streaming. So the writers did (albeit temporarily and in good faith). Then the producers offered them shit. So it's back on the table.
Kevin - Nov 08, 2007 11:08:32 am PST #7671 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Petition from WGA: [link]
Polter-Cow - Nov 08, 2007 11:10:28 am PST #7672 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Wolfram, so the streaming percentage is all they're asking for now? None of the other stuff? Because some of it was interesting, like the reality series and animation writers, and the CW paying shit residuals, and such.
Wolfram - Nov 08, 2007 11:14:34 am PST #7673 of 10001
Visilurking
P-C, doubling the residual from .3% to .6% on home video (which includes DVDs*) is firmly on the table.
And technically there is no table so all the demands are back. Theoretically if the producers agree to sit back at the table, the writers will resume with their last negotiating demands. But nobody's bound by anything right now.
ETA: I took out reference to i-tunes downloads which are not universally considered home video. I don't know if right now writers get paid on those downloads or not.
Sophia Brooks - Nov 08, 2007 11:14:57 am PST #7674 of 10001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I wonder what the impact will be for iTunes Season pass holders. That is, I have a Season Pass to Supernatural, because I don't get the CW. I did legally instead of ahemming because I wanted to support the writers/actors/directors/caterers etc. Of course, it turns out I wasn't really supporting them, but whatever. Are they going to give me my money back because there will be fewer episodes?
Kevin - Nov 08, 2007 11:15:20 am PST #7675 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Summer Glau on strike: [link] (fixed link)
I don't know if anybody has been following the Sarah Connor Chronicles production drama, but the show runner has been blogging online about it, and he's not happy.
Tom Scola - Nov 08, 2007 11:17:37 am PST #7676 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I have no idea what they're going to do, Sophia, but from past experience, if they do anything, they'll most likely give store credit rather than a refund.