Re: Official WGA Writers Strike thread.
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THERE IS A VERY SPECIFIC REASON WRITERS ARE PAID RESIDUALS.
there is also a reason they are called residuals and not royalties.
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Writers are selling a product. Most people who sell their product only get a one time benefit. Ford sells its cars to a dealer and that is it. Ford doesn't get paid if the car is re-sold again or used as a rental car.
Studios should pay a flat-fee and own the product in perpetuity. Then they wouldn't have to worry about all this crap. Writers though are generally communists and think they deserve the world because they wrote part of Act I of 'Alf' from 1985.
The studios want money and the writers want money. It is purely mercenary and anything else is just a beard.
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Ok based on the above I can tell there is no point in talking with u.
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