It sounds to me like they (the WGA) are calling it a win. Whether it is that in fact is something that will be unknown until sometime next year.
In my experience, the other two strikes were an effective loss for the WGA, regardless of what the formal agreement was. The result of the 1988 strike was that rather than actually pay writers for writing a script, they came up with the Spec Script Follies, in which writers wrote in speculation of their script winning the sweepstakes and making them rich. In fact, they had better odds in the California Lottery. Paid options became a thing of the past eventually. Everybody was supposed to be an 80s/90s "entrepreneur." And "all that money" in VHS that was responsible for at least 90 of the 150 days on strike was so "last year" in terms of effect, since they wrote it for specific technology instead of a process.
Ditto the 2007-08 strike. reduction in service provided/cost increase in the health plan (why I dropped out and took the VA, which was vastly superior). Far fewer pitches. And this time they went for "all that money" in DVDs. Always 3 years late and $10,000 short.
In this one, there is no mention of independent confirmation on viewership data for streamers, on which residuals are paid.
I have the suspicion that I'm still going to be making more money from my books next year than the average "working stiff" WGA member makes. The studios and streamers are cutting back production, which means less opportunity.
The industry is in a state of change, like all things on our planet including us. New tech including AI but not limited to that, will continue to disrupt whatever the status quo is, that is one of the foundations of capitalism and the studios are capitalists at their core. This strike including the actors seemed to be a rearguard action, as you said, time will tell if any real advance was made, I wouldnтАЩt count on it, it might be easier to predict what is going to be invented late next year. ЁЯд╖тАНтЩВя╕П
sounds like a win to me...
It sounds to me like they (the WGA) are calling it a win. Whether it is that in fact is something that will be unknown until sometime next year.
In my experience, the other two strikes were an effective loss for the WGA, regardless of what the formal agreement was. The result of the 1988 strike was that rather than actually pay writers for writing a script, they came up with the Spec Script Follies, in which writers wrote in speculation of their script winning the sweepstakes and making them rich. In fact, they had better odds in the California Lottery. Paid options became a thing of the past eventually. Everybody was supposed to be an 80s/90s "entrepreneur." And "all that money" in VHS that was responsible for at least 90 of the 150 days on strike was so "last year" in terms of effect, since they wrote it for specific technology instead of a process.
Ditto the 2007-08 strike. reduction in service provided/cost increase in the health plan (why I dropped out and took the VA, which was vastly superior). Far fewer pitches. And this time they went for "all that money" in DVDs. Always 3 years late and $10,000 short.
In this one, there is no mention of independent confirmation on viewership data for streamers, on which residuals are paid.
I have the suspicion that I'm still going to be making more money from my books next year than the average "working stiff" WGA member makes. The studios and streamers are cutting back production, which means less opportunity.
The industry is in a state of change, like all things on our planet including us. New tech including AI but not limited to that, will continue to disrupt whatever the status quo is, that is one of the foundations of capitalism and the studios are capitalists at their core. This strike including the actors seemed to be a rearguard action, as you said, time will tell if any real advance was made, I wouldnтАЩt count on it, it might be easier to predict what is going to be invented late next year. ЁЯд╖тАНтЩВя╕П
True dat.
Glad you know the entrails of the business. Not glammed up the way PR would have it, but more real than most want to admit.
I hope this agreement is otherwise ... for all the talented individuals covered.
You and me both, but one thing I have learned in 40 years' residence in Okeefenokee West is that optimism is frequently a mirage.