Writers Shoot Down New Proposal
The Writer’s Guild and studio bosses have been in talks for about four days. We haven’t heard much because both agreed not to talk to the media. Well the silence is broken and it’s not looking good for us fans.
Earlier today, the studios offered writers a new proposal which they called a “New Economic Partnership” that would allow writers some sort of share in new media like iTunes and CBS’ Innertube.
The Writers Guild blasted the proposal in a letter to it’s members saying that it wasn’t fair.
In a letter to members, however, the two guilds[WGA West and East] blasted the proposal as inadequate. They said, for instance, that it would pay only $250 for a year’s re-use of an hour-long program streamed on the Web, in contrast to the $20,000 currently paid for a network re-run. They also said the new proposal did not change the company’s proposed payments for downloaded films and shows. The guilds also said the companies refused to grant them jurisdiction over original content produced for the Internet.
Over the next few weeks, the WGA will decide on a longer, more sustained strike or if WGA members will return to work without a contract. If they do return to work without the contract, writers may walk out again in June when the Screen Actor’s Guild could join them.
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December 8th, 2007 at 12:11 am
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