Comments on: WGA/AMPTP talks collapse

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:51:43 +0000

These people are truly ridiculous. Mine workers, teachers, factory workers, these people need unions (or guilds). The people on BOTH sides of this fight are people who have everything they need to live comfortable lives and have gotten wrapped up in their privledged lifestyle that they have forgotten how and why unions and guilds come into being: to keep impoverished people from being taken advantage of so that they can count on being able to feed their families, not as a means to threaten for money they don’t need.

By: David

David — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:54:44 +0000

I think the WGA should change “residuals” to “royalties” that way people understand they are earning the same pay as writers and artists and other people who create something are paid. Then it is more along the lines of what consumers already understand about how artists are paid.
I also don’t understand the whole argument the corporations are coming up with about “new media”. It shouldn’t matter how the show is aired, either first run, syndication, DVD, internet, cell phone, god only knows what next, everybody should get paid a percentage of it just like any other media. There needs to be one simple contract that states if it is a single airing to multiple people at once they get a certain percentage of revenue (first run, syndication), and if it’s a single airing to a single person (DVD, internet) they get a percentage of each individual item sold. That way it covers any new media formats that may come along since it takes into account the general way its aired, not specificly

By: kidne

kidne — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:29:12 +0000

What we as Americans need to do is not be so obsessed by TV. FIND SOMTHING ELSE TO DO WITH YOUR LIFE INSTEAD OF WORRYING ABOUT THE NEXT EPISODE OF LOST.Your life is very short,make the best of it instead of spending 33% of your life staring at a tv screen.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:19:15 +0000

For CGK It is pretty amazing that you would tell someone in a teaching job to go and find another higher paying job.Good Call ;then there won’t be any writers to talk about,and why don’t the writers go get another job and they won’t have to worry about it either.and most people have cable and could care less about the writers guild

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:05:20 +0000

As an artist I feel the writers’ pain. Money matters can bring out the worst in people. What the AMPTP is doing is classic. Throw out some arbitrary salary numbers and the outrage grenade explodes! Having said that I do have a problem with what I see as a deliberate effort at race bashing on all of the popular shows. Pick one and you’ll see evidence of this. I can’t feel too sorry for either side since they all feel the need to engage in this activity. Shows like C.S.I., the Unit, Heroes, the Shield, Cane, Bones, all seem to think that they’re doing their jobs just having minorities on the show– how the characters are written is irrelevant. Well, this practice needs to stop and if it means they all have to go and stay away for awhile then so be it. Television (scripted and otherwise) should be for EVERYBODY to enjoy, not just one race and gender of people.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:16:05 +0000

Kirsty Watson do you seriously think that the amount you get paid is related to how important your job is? Good god women wake up.
You say you are a writer? do you mean books, or are you also wanting to get into TV? Because the writers are controlled by other people on what to write, which can dramaticaly constrict the quality.

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By: Kirsty Watson

Kirsty Watson — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:47:25 +0000

I’d have more sympathy for the writers if they actually wrote good scripts. I am sick of turning on my television as seeing poorly scripted and dull dialogue. I’m not saying all writers can’t write but as a writer myself it offends me that it’s hard to get into the industry and they are in and they want more. At the end of the day it’s just a job and it’s no more important than being a bin man or a shop assistant.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:53:37 +0000

TRSquare – that $230,000 figure is for WORKING writers. There is a huge amount of risk in being a writer for a living, including a large risk of no work. This is why they want greater compensation for reuse of their work. Presently they get 1/3 of a penny for every dollar of DVD sales. So, if a DVD costs $20, the writer currently gets a whopping six cents.