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Skriven 2007-05-17 12:06:51 av Richard Fallstrom (1094.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: iTunes question for JMS
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In article <1179359683.278291.201520@w5g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,
<"jmsatb5@aol.com"> wrote:

> On May 11, 5:23 pm, "John W. Kennedy" <jwke...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> > swp wrote:
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> > The technical term for that is "pricing yourself out of the market". =
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> > one in 1992-8 could have pulled such a deal off.
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> > That's why the WGA exists, and that's why it looks like a strike.
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> > =C3=80 la lanterne touts les "suits"!
> >
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> Here's the cored of it, and what people looking in need to
> understand.
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> Basic stats:
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> Fifty percent, half the Writers Guild, is unemployed, at any given
> time.
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> The majority of WGA members sell maybe one or two TV scripts per year.
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> The same majority of WGA members earn less than 45K per year, less
> than many grade school teachers.
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> Most WGA members have to work daytme jobs to supplement their writing
> work.
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> And the percentage of WGA members who earn six figures and up accounts
> for less than 1% of all WGA members.
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> Those are not rosy stats.
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> Leaving out the aspect of deferred compensation...residuals exist to
> help writers stay alive and available between assignments.  If you
> only make one or two sales in a year, the residuals for what you sold
> last year will help pay this year's bills and allow you to keep
> writing.  Take that away, and the bulk of the writers working in TV
> would have to drop out of the business.
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> Writers, directors and actors have, until recently, been able to get
> residuals on the various venues through which their shows are seen
> (broadcast and cable TV, overseas exhibitions and theatrical
> distribution).  But virtually everybody in that group gets nothing out
> of the distribution means that were not covered by those long-ago
> contracts (the last real negotiation was in 1988).  DVDs, Xbox,
> Itunes, bittorrent, most satellite systems, Joost and other internet
> distribution systems do not pay anything to anyone in those three
> categories.  In theory they should get something, the foundation is
> there in the old contrats, but the formula used to determine residuals
> based on VHS sales can be adjusted infinitely to ensure nobody gets
> anything.
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> We're not talking here luxurious terms for luxurious circumstances;
> we're talking about the basic necessities of life that will help
> writers, especially newer, retired or struggling writers, keep their
> homes and pay their bills.  Bread and butter issues.  If you're a
> writer making six figures plus in sales per year, residuals aren't
> that big a deal...it's everybody else, everybody who's just making
> ends meet, who live or die depending on the small residuals check that
> comes in from time to time, helping out when bills come.
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> Just so everyone's clear on the concept.
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> jms
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Thanks! I know I sure appreciate the distinction. I know I have been
working on a script idea for some years now and once I can get an
option on the source book, I'll give it a go.=20

Rick (sometimes is a GentleRF and sometimes is not)
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