Why SAG-AFTRA’s Streaming Revenue Sharing Proposal for Casts Was Flatly Rejected by AMPTP
Why SAG-AFTRA’s Streaming Revenue Sharing Proposal for Casts Was Flatly Rejected by AMPTP
The union would like performers "to share in the rewards of a successful show, without bearing any of the risk," the group that lobbies for studios says.
The union would like performers "to share in the rewards of a successful show, without bearing any of the risk," the group that lobbies for studios says.
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Opinion: actors are not unique in deserving residuals. Everyone else should be getting them too: writers, directors, makeup artists, camera operators, grip - basically everyone who appears in the credits. Maybe call the relative share of residuals "shares", and advertise shares in job postings: "$20 + 20 shares per hour". Then you get hours*20/(total shares for everyone) of profits from then on.
It's a slippery slope. What about consultant developers that worked on the codebase of photoshop 10 years ago, whose code is still used in the current version? Do they deserve a percentage of the subscription? And architect who designed it?
This is the reason studios can do this, because the contract was very exceptional, and they want to make it similar to any other industry, where freelances and employees do not share any long term revenue
I mean as a developer I don't get a share of the profits from software I write.
I don't see why actors should be treated different to any other worker really.
In an ideal world we'd all get a share of the money we generate. But we're far from that.
Don't crab bucket. Fight for your right to a share of the profits.
I don’t see why actors should be treated different to any other worker really.
Yup! And every worker should receive profit share 😎.