Comments on: My First and Only Post on the Writers Strike http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html Dispatches from a Small Business Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: John http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9248 John Sat, 19 Jan 2008 06:47:39 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9248 <p>Hopefully by the time of writers get the pay what they want,at end of the strike they'll have enough things to write about their strike. But when it is going to be end no one knows..<br /> <a href="http://www.breakdown-cover.net" rel="nofollow">Car Breakdown</a></p> Hopefully by the time of writers get the pay what they want,at end of the strike they’ll have enough things to write about their strike. But when it is going to be end no one knows..
Car Breakdown

]]> By: Stan http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9247 Stan Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:04:10 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9247 <p>"...why you will never see Congress go on strike."</p> <p>Oh that's good stuff.</p> “…why you will never see Congress go on strike.”

Oh that’s good stuff.

]]> By: French Unions http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9246 French Unions Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:09:14 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9246 <p>Fightin' the good fight. Or not.</p> <p>"France Fines Amazon for Free Shipping"</p> <p>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2249940,00.asp</p> Fightin’ the good fight. Or not.

“France Fines Amazon for Free Shipping”

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2249940,00.asp

]]> By: ElamBend http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9245 ElamBend Thu, 17 Jan 2008 20:21:51 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9245 <p>Actually, I think it will cause a lot of writers to strike out on their own and get around the producers. The actual cost of logistics of production is getting so low, the actual creative side of the equation could take more of an active part in the business. <br /> Best case scenario: a shake-up of both the writers union and the production houses leading to many spin-offs</p> Actually, I think it will cause a lot of writers to strike out on their own and get around the producers. The actual cost of logistics of production is getting so low, the actual creative side of the equation could take more of an active part in the business.
Best case scenario: a shake-up of both the writers union and the production houses leading to many spin-offs

]]> By: delurking http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9244 delurking Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:41:51 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9244 <p>I'm sure we'd notice quickly if Congress went on strike, as many things rapidly improved.</p> I’m sure we’d notice quickly if Congress went on strike, as many things rapidly improved.

]]> By: Another guy named Dan http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9243 Another guy named Dan Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:13:46 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9243 <p>Sol -<br /> A big part of what this strike is about is an attempt to make sure that if there is independent Internet content created, the producers will still have to deal wtih the "creative" guilds.</p> Sol -
A big part of what this strike is about is an attempt to make sure that if there is independent Internet content created, the producers will still have to deal wtih the “creative” guilds.

]]> By: Rob http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9242 Rob Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:46:21 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9242 <p>Maybe Americans will get so sick of re-runs and typical reality TV ploys that they will get up off the couch and do something else more active. Et voila, Health coverage "crisis" solved!<br /> </p> Maybe Americans will get so sick of re-runs and typical reality TV ploys that they will get up off the couch and do something else more active. Et voila, Health coverage “crisis” solved!

]]> By: Rob http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9241 Rob Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:46:03 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9241 <p>Maybe Americans will get so sick of re-runs and typical reality TV ploys that they will get up off the couch and do something else more active. Et voila, Health coverage "crisis" solved!<br /> </p> Maybe Americans will get so sick of re-runs and typical reality TV ploys that they will get up off the couch and do something else more active. Et voila, Health coverage “crisis” solved!

]]> By: Sol http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9240 Sol Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:54:09 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9240 <p>I'd say for the writers, the biggest danger of going on strike is accidentally pushing ahead the date of the obsolescence of your industry, or at least your business model. What happens when viewers wise up and realize the Internet can provide viewing material that is just as interesting for free? (Hmmm... and if the new Apple TV gizmo actually takes off, will it promote this as well?)</p> <p>Seriously, if I were a TV writer, I'd be thinking hard about negotiating higher up-front pay with few or no residuals at all. In ten years, DVD sales and paid Internet downloads are going be the sort of dodgy business model that CDs are today...</p> I’d say for the writers, the biggest danger of going on strike is accidentally pushing ahead the date of the obsolescence of your industry, or at least your business model. What happens when viewers wise up and realize the Internet can provide viewing material that is just as interesting for free? (Hmmm… and if the new Apple TV gizmo actually takes off, will it promote this as well?)

Seriously, if I were a TV writer, I’d be thinking hard about negotiating higher up-front pay with few or no residuals at all. In ten years, DVD sales and paid Internet downloads are going be the sort of dodgy business model that CDs are today…

]]> By: Highway http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html/comment-page-1#comment-9239 Highway Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:44:58 +0000 http://coyote-blog.com/wordpress/2008/01/my-first-and-on.html#comment-9239 <p>Well, there's also the fact that Congress sets its own pay scale, and gets way more credit than they deserve for everything anyway. So basically all the issues that the writers are striking about are already handled for them.</p> Well, there’s also the fact that Congress sets its own pay scale, and gets way more credit than they deserve for everything anyway. So basically all the issues that the writers are striking about are already handled for them.

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