• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      And? They created it. Without them it does not exist. If their labor is worth so little then why is Hollywood putting so much money and time into breaking the strikes so they can own their labor without fully compensating them for it? Why does a company deserve to own a money printing machine but the people who made what they sell don’t deserve anything from it?

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        So should a construction worker be paid every time you drive across a road they built? Should a plumber be paid every time you flush a toilet they installed?

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          Should you be getting paid to carry water for Hollywood corporations that make tens of billions a year every time you post, or just the first time?

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          How much do the studio, producer, directer, and showrunners make? I think the writers are equal to the producer, directer and showrunners at least. Do they make more than I do? Probably. All of us should be sharing in more of the profits, not taking others down.

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              I did and your numbers are wildly inflated. The average rate for network TV is $22.50 an hour, or $49,500 per year assuming full time employment, which would put them at $3,300 per episode with a 15 episode (roughly halfway between the old 22 episode format and current 10 episode format) season per year.

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          Again, THEY DON’T OWN THE PRODUCT.

          Answer the question. Why is a company entitled to print money off the creative work of artists? What entitles them to that and not the people who actually create the value?

          As it is, they are paid $25-35K per episode which is a LOT of money for a weekly show per season.

          Lmao, you don’t know what you’re talking about. What right wing rag told you this shit? Virtually no writers are making that much. I’d be shocked if a dozen are. Do you think the WGA is made up solely of millionaires?

          You’re not arguing with me about it because you’re so uninformed you can’t even have a conversation about it.

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            The company doesn’t print money off of the creative work of the artists, they bundle that work with the work of others they’ve paid for the product and hope it makes some money. Sometimes that goes terribly, so would the artists also like to be on the hook for losses?

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      Sometimes I get down on myself for not being a very good person, but your comments made me realize I’m pretty good actually, or at least I don’t have completely shite opinions like yours, so thanks for lifting my spirits