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Fresh video from the east.

Comments

[jamp]

The AMPTP is getting killed in the media. I really don't understand what their position could possibly be on this point. They should be arguing about how much the writers get paid, not IF they get paid at all.

The WGA has done a great job of creating the impression they get paid for *nothing* on the Internet. In both these video that falsehood is prevalent.
Yes, they may not get paid what they feel the rate should be on purchased content but... they may be shooting themselves in the foot when people learn they have been lying.

[jamp]

Please elaborate on the disparities in the WGA argument and what the writers actually get paid for. The WGA argument has seemed very one-sided to me, so I assumed there wasn't a good counter argument from the producers.

[Aaron]

Purchased content is being paid at the hated DVD formula rate:

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6311479.html

Free content is being paid at the free rate, i.e., zero percent to writers.

You could argue that purchased content will be a gold mine someday. But try telling that to Rupert Murdoch, who announced this week that he's moving WSJ.com to a free ad-supported model.