Just read an article stating that the writers of a show were only paid a combined $3000 after the show was streamed over 16 million hours on Netflix. These companies try to crack down on piracy by claiming artists/writers/actors don’t get paid if we pirate but they’re clearly not getting paid anything outside their normal wages when we don’t pirate either.
What those articles conveniently fail to mention is that the writers were hired to do a job and paid handsomely to do the job. The average tv/movie writer in the USA earns $70k/year in salary, not including residuals.
Why are writers of a show - not the owners or creators of the show btw - entitled to an endless stream of money for work that they were paid to do?
Answer me this: if you pay a tradie $10k to renovate your bathroom, do you pay that tradie again every time you take a shower or use the toilet? If not, why not?
I’ve never once seen Netflix or any other company use the writers pay as a way to crack down on piracy. The writers have already been paid.
Lol $70k a year is far from being “paid handsomely” and they should get residuals because their work is the product being sold to the public.
Why do you feel you know more about the situation than the people actually doing the work who’re currently on strike?
How many movies and shows do you think the “creators” and “owners” will produce without any writers or actors? It’s their creation, so it shouldn’t be an issue, right?
And whether you’ve seen Netflix or other companies make the argument is irrelevant as the world doesn’t revolve around you and what you’ve personally seen.
I find it funny that elsewhere on this post you’re telling people that piracy is bad because you’re depriving the workers of pay and yet here you are arguing that these striking workers are earning enough money as it is. Who are you arguing for here because it sure sounds like you only care whether billion dollar movie studios are getting their money.
Their work that they were paid for. The person/company that owns the rights is the one that’s entitled to money after that.
The people going on strike want more money. That’s it. They want it to be like “the good old days” when someone could write or star in 1 show that made it big and then they get rich and can live off residuals forever. We all wish we could get rich and not have to work anymore, the rest of us just aren’t that self entitled to think we deserve it.
I’ve never said piracy is bad btw, you might want to re-check my post history ;). I’ve said it’s illegal and theft, which it is, but I’ve also said it’s one of the most victimless crimes there is, and I have no problem with piracy. Next time you try and find a “gotcha” in someone’s post history, maybe read it a bit better.
I’m not arguing for multi billion dollar companies, I’m arguing against entitled people thinking they deserve endless streams of money for jobs that they have already been paid for. The 2 are completely different.
They get paid, they just don’t get residuals for life from every job they were paid to do.
Just read an article stating that the writers of a show were only paid a combined $3000 after the show was streamed over 16 million hours on Netflix. These companies try to crack down on piracy by claiming artists/writers/actors don’t get paid if we pirate but they’re clearly not getting paid anything outside their normal wages when we don’t pirate either.
What those articles conveniently fail to mention is that the writers were hired to do a job and paid handsomely to do the job. The average tv/movie writer in the USA earns $70k/year in salary, not including residuals.
Why are writers of a show - not the owners or creators of the show btw - entitled to an endless stream of money for work that they were paid to do?
Answer me this: if you pay a tradie $10k to renovate your bathroom, do you pay that tradie again every time you take a shower or use the toilet? If not, why not?
I’ve never once seen Netflix or any other company use the writers pay as a way to crack down on piracy. The writers have already been paid.
Lol $70k a year is far from being “paid handsomely” and they should get residuals because their work is the product being sold to the public.
Why do you feel you know more about the situation than the people actually doing the work who’re currently on strike?
How many movies and shows do you think the “creators” and “owners” will produce without any writers or actors? It’s their creation, so it shouldn’t be an issue, right?
And whether you’ve seen Netflix or other companies make the argument is irrelevant as the world doesn’t revolve around you and what you’ve personally seen.
I find it funny that elsewhere on this post you’re telling people that piracy is bad because you’re depriving the workers of pay and yet here you are arguing that these striking workers are earning enough money as it is. Who are you arguing for here because it sure sounds like you only care whether billion dollar movie studios are getting their money.
Their work that they were paid for. The person/company that owns the rights is the one that’s entitled to money after that.
The people going on strike want more money. That’s it. They want it to be like “the good old days” when someone could write or star in 1 show that made it big and then they get rich and can live off residuals forever. We all wish we could get rich and not have to work anymore, the rest of us just aren’t that self entitled to think we deserve it.
I’ve never said piracy is bad btw, you might want to re-check my post history ;). I’ve said it’s illegal and theft, which it is, but I’ve also said it’s one of the most victimless crimes there is, and I have no problem with piracy. Next time you try and find a “gotcha” in someone’s post history, maybe read it a bit better.
I’m not arguing for multi billion dollar companies, I’m arguing against entitled people thinking they deserve endless streams of money for jobs that they have already been paid for. The 2 are completely different.