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you know why writers aren't getting paid for profits from online media? its because there are none, as a whole the television industry is down about 100 million in online media.

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Even if that's true, it doesn't matter.
This is akin to saying that if I write a show, it gets picked up for a 10 episode order and no one ends up watching (so the network loses money on the show) I shouldn't get paid.

These shows are being broadcast online with ads attached, the writers should be paid. If they were being broadcast on TV with ads attached and lost money the writers would still be paid, so why shouldn't they get paid if the episodes are being broadcast online and losing money?

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It doesn't matter how much the studios are making/losing on internet stuff right now, what matters is that in the next 5-10 years online sales/streaming of television and movies will be worth billions.

The writers know the landscape is going to change drastically, and they don't want to be left out in the cold. And the studios know the landscape is changing, and they don't want to share the profits.