Thursday, October 11th, 2007
Why Hollywood’s impending writer’s strike is a good thing for the internet
by Warren
Hollywood’s writers are again threatening to strike, this time because they feel they aren’t getting enough of a piece of the new media pie. They’re proposing to get residuals whenever something “airs” on the internet. How they propose to actually do such a thing remains to be seen.
Well, I’ve got news for them…get your own damn pie. Hollywood was clearly running out of ideas long before the writers decided to up their demands, and it’s high time for independent producers to step up and circumvent the entire Hollywood system. With internet distribution clearly up tot the task, and with tastes radically changing from Hollywood pap to more lo-fi offerings, this is the chance video podcasters and indy moviemakers have been waiting for. The movie industry is once again cutting off its nose to spite its face Let’s help it out.
One Response to “ Why Hollywood’s impending writer’s strike is a good thing for the internet ”
content is king… unions and power driven machines that limit creativity will go the way of the dodo bird… get off the couch and create value…