Comments on: Writers Strike Blog

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:32:04 +0000

The only thing that could be better than the writer’s strike were if it continued for another 2 years. Perhaps we could salvage the moral collapse of the country

By: dan mcgowan

dan mcgowan — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 20:42:10 +0000

okay – let me get this straight. Writers are asking for an additional .04 of the revenues generated by the sale of future media (internet, etc.) from a product THEY created (as the writer) and the studios feel that is unfair?

The phrase “do the math” comes to mind…

wake up studios and pay the people who help make you successful!

By: Hogues

Hogues — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:51:55 +0000

Frankly, Alexander, the answer is yes. That’s the problem with almost every strike that has ever occurred, including when people involved in the production have gone on strike. The only way to avoid this is to never strike, and if that happened, we’d all be working 7 day weeks for minimal wages.

By: Fred Beiderbecke

Fred Beiderbecke — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:27:13 +0000

Ken Levine (MASH writer among others) also has some coverage on his blog http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/. In addition, his blog is very enjoyable in non-strike times. It is one of the funniest blogs I read on a regular basis.

By: Alexander Grundner

Alexander Grundner — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:23:15 +0000

This is a complex issue. I would suggest reading the following post from someone in the industry (not a writer) who’s being affect severely by the strike. Are the production workers just collateral damage?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darkshapesprowl/1975020614/