I saw and listened to Fran Drescher several times - excellent, direct, honest analysis of what is being done to the "peons" who have in fact created the scripts & performances, and all of the back-of-the-camera workers. Each of the demands by the striking unions strike me as more than reasonable but the bosses don't care that they wouldn…
I saw and listened to Fran Drescher several times - excellent, direct, honest analysis of what is being done to the "peons" who have in fact created the scripts & performances, and all of the back-of-the-camera workers. Each of the demands by the striking unions strike me as more than reasonable but the bosses don't care that they wouldn't be where they are without now demanding a fair share of teh pie, instead planning to drop them overboard at the first opportunities and then resort to fakery in future 'productions'.
The proposal for forever-ownership by studios of digital images of actors, or their voices, is egregious! I heard this afternoon that one actor (have already forgotten his name despite being able to view him in my mind's eye!) has copyrighted or patented his image so that it cannot be used for any purpose without payment to him for that use. Too bad the Patent & Copyright Office take so long to approve applications - seems the optimum time .to have taken the same step.
As for 'starve them out until they're homeless', it sounds hyperbolic but I wouldn't be surprised if that isn't being considered by the studios behind closed doors. The non-compete contracts for writers clearly can have that result for too many writers, most of whom I would guess have needed to have side-gigs of some sort to survive.
I saw and listened to Fran Drescher several times - excellent, direct, honest analysis of what is being done to the "peons" who have in fact created the scripts & performances, and all of the back-of-the-camera workers. Each of the demands by the striking unions strike me as more than reasonable but the bosses don't care that they wouldn't be where they are without now demanding a fair share of teh pie, instead planning to drop them overboard at the first opportunities and then resort to fakery in future 'productions'.
The proposal for forever-ownership by studios of digital images of actors, or their voices, is egregious! I heard this afternoon that one actor (have already forgotten his name despite being able to view him in my mind's eye!) has copyrighted or patented his image so that it cannot be used for any purpose without payment to him for that use. Too bad the Patent & Copyright Office take so long to approve applications - seems the optimum time .to have taken the same step.
As for 'starve them out until they're homeless', it sounds hyperbolic but I wouldn't be surprised if that isn't being considered by the studios behind closed doors. The non-compete contracts for writers clearly can have that result for too many writers, most of whom I would guess have needed to have side-gigs of some sort to survive.