Writers Guild Ride
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MaoTseDan at 11.15.07 - 4:14 pm
Writers Guild - Ride March, and Rally
Cyclist Solidarity With Writers
March and rally on Tuesday, Nov. 20
Help write a new chapter in Hollywood history. Join thousands of members of the Writers Guild of America as the WGA begins week three of its strike against the media conglomerates of the AMPTP. We'll ride down Hollywood Boulevard alongside marching film and TV writers, actors, musicians, Teamsters, Service Employees and other unions in this fight for justice.
More than 10,000 writers are on the front lines of the fight to preserve decent working standards against corporate power.
1:00 pm: SEIU Members Assemble at Ivar Ave. and Hollywood Blvd.
1:30 pm: March down Hollywood Blvd.
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most of the people there will be walking / marching, but I was hoping to pull together a good bike contingent to go along, too.
MaoTseDan11.15.07 - 6:18 pm
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I have two close friends that are writers and I have been picking on them..
Really..do you need more money then what you get now..yet they will not get off the writers couch to protest for anything else that that does not hurt the duckets $$
TV is over rated ..
There are writers for reality shows???some should get a pay cut..writes for the Jessica Simpson Show??
my opinion..my opinion
deesimple11.15.07 - 6:58 pm
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I'm all with you on on the anti-tv front... but this is a labor issue
Folks who write 'in the industry' do not get residuals for their work on 'new media.' very few writers make big money over the predictable long haul, and they depend on residuals for income, especially between projects, or after they're no longer marketable (an LA phenomenon). now that reruns are replaced by cheap-to-produce reality TV, companies are putting scripted shows online, iTunes, (etc) where they continue to profit , but the workers who wrote and physically created the shows do not see a penny.
The strike really is about basic fairness, and is the opening shot in a fight that will have a horrible impact on tens of thousands more industry workers if the writers don't make headway here.
MaoTseDan11.15.07 - 7:50 pm
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Shit! I really want to go but I'm teaching at the SAG Conservatory from 2-4 pm.
I picketed this week at Universal. I'm a SAG Member and I'm totally supporting the strike. Thanks for putting this ride together. I will come down after my class. Maybe you'll be still marching.
illuminateLA11.15.07 - 9:39 pm
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quick ?
residuals over downloads & Free internet TV,
Lets say a writer gets paid for a broadcast on tv, that reaches an audience of millions, should that write get paid the $ame residual if I download or watch that same show in on my computer?
dannyzuko11.16.07 - 3:43 pm
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pasted from the wga wibsite: http://wga.org/subpage_member.aspx?id=2485
Non-Traditional Media Residuals
WGA Proposal: We propose all TV and theatrical content earn a residual payment of 2.5% of the distributor’s gross for re-use on non-traditional media, including the Internet, cellular technology and any other delivery system not already covered in the MBA.
Current Provision/Practice: The WGA position is that the MBA residual formulas for pay TV and basic cable apply to content streamed or downloaded via the Internet and cellular technology. These formulas are 1.2% for features whether streamed or downloaded, 1.2% for TV product when the viewer pays, and 2.0% for post-1984 TV product or 2.5% for pre-1984 TV product when it is free to the viewer. The studios are refusing to pay anything for streaming that is free to the viewer (and ad-supported), and they are paying the 0.3% home video residual when the viewer pays. This dispute is the subject of claims filed against the studios by the WGA (and by SAG and DGA as well).
Background: The companies seek to do to new media what they did 25 years ago to home video, and worse. As stated in our “Declaration of Principles,” we will insist that re-use of our content in any medium must be fairly compensated. We are simply seeking a small percentage of the revenues earned by the re-use of our content on the Internet or other non-traditional media. This is the simplest and fairest way of compensating our members for their creative contribution, and permits the companies maximum flexibility in the development of this business model. We have researched the growth of revenue streams from the re-use of our content on non-traditional media, and we know that the AMPTP companies are taking in billions of dollars in new media revenues. We will not accept the arguments about “unproven business model” that were used in the home video negotiations to deprive us of a fair share of revenues from this incredibly lucrative exploitation of our work.
MaoTseDan11.16.07 - 5:29 pm
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http://youtube.com/watch?v=EodzF_orJQY
stevo411.21.07 - 7:52 am
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