[Fmpro] Fwd: So the Strike Begins

[LesHurdle]

> Will composers benifit?



> : So the Strike Begins
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> One producer allegedly said that they wanted to see the new  
> technology develop before giving the writers their money. Wonder  
> how long he wants to wait? The DVD was finalized in 1995!
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> "NEW YORK - Noisy pickets appeared outside the "Today" show set on  
> Monday as a strike by film and television writers got under way.
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> Writers' demands for a bigger slice of DVD profits and revenue from  
> the distribution of films and TV shows over the Internet has been a  
> key issue.
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> The strike is the first walkout by writers since 1988. That work  
> stoppage lasted 22 weeks and cost the industry more than $500 million.
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> A giant, inflated rat was displayed Monday morning near the NBC  
> studios as about 40 people in Rockefeller Center shouted, "No  
> contract, no shows!"
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> "The seven-word mantra is, 'When you get paid, we get paid," said  
> Michael Winship, president of the Writers Guild of America East.
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> The "Today Show" is not directly affected by the strike because  
> news writers are part of a different union.
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> In Los Angeles, writers also were planning to picket 14 studio  
> locations in four-hour shifts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day until  
> a new deal is reached"