October 17, 2005 4:55 AM PDT
Unions seek video iPod residuals
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Hollywood insiders say the DVD model for compensation isn't fair to them when TV shows can be downloaded online.
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and let the unions, et. al., divide it up.
Otherwise, they're just getting greedy.
It doesn't sound like the unions are being unreasonable here. The
headline is misleading (as the concern is about getting paid for the
content they create, not applying a "tax of sorts" on the iPod
success).
The pay-per-view model sounds fair because that is basically what
it is.
artists fair share. They will be the death of old Hollywood.
Because of union greed American labor is disastrously non-
competitive with the rest of the world. Fortunately, they is a
movement away from big labor unions.
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Unions only cause rich corporate types trouble, because they fight for the rights of workers. But, then again, why should workers have rights? They should only go to work and shut the hell up right?
Wrong.
The actors on hit TV shows continue to grab for more money to continue on those shows and are paid by the episode. They are lucky they get residuals and it should not be expected on all formats all the time.
These price models create too many middle men and drive up the costs to consumers. Some of it needs to be cut if they are going to deliver on the promise of instant access to media over the Internet.
store to watch on their iPods will seriously affect the market for
buying TV shows on DVD. I downloaded Night Stalker just to try
it out and watched it on my computer. It cannot be burned to a
DVD (that I could figure out) and even if it could, the resolution
quality would not be anywhere near what you get when you buy
the show on DVD. People who want the high quality DVDs will
still buy them. The people who download TV shows to watch on
their iPods are like people who buy a newspaper. They want
something to watch on their way to work. Or maybe they missed
an episode and want to catch up.
not. They speak from greed.