Hm, top 25? Cool.
The Minearverse 6: Fiery Thread of Death
[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. Oh, and help us get Terriers dvds!
Clearly, they were waiting for the thread to turn over.
The WGA has reached a (tentative) deal with the AMPTP. The terms can be read at [link] (PDF).
Fingers crossed that it's a good deal.
The way I read it, if I watch The Office online after airing the writers get nothing, but if I download season one off iTunes they get 3%. I think.
You're reading it wrong, Kevin.
I'm glad Kevin is wrong on this, Kristen. Will you summarize the actual deal?
For streaming media in general, it looks if an episode is streamed during the first 17 days after initial broadcast, there's no residual. After that, ad-supported streaming is payable at 2% of distributor’s gross receipts. Then the document gets into different rate structures depending on the type of material, its purpose, and how it's made available.
I think I'm probably going to wait until after tonight's meeting before I make any specific comments. The provisions for the third year of our contract are different than what I had thought they were going to be so I want to be clear on that before I say anything.
I will say there's some good stuff here. It's not a perfect deal but it's much better than I thought it would be.
Well thank goodness for that. Better is always good.