when the producers put it on the internet it's a promotion and the writers don't get paid. when any one else puts it on the internet it's piracy and the producers sue anyone they can find.

ridiculous. for ever dvd the producer get's 9 dollars, the writer 5 cents.

they are offering NOTHING for any and all internet offerings.

It's a battle for money, power and who can hold out the longest. Once again, the studios could care less if it's nothing but reality shows, sports and reruns. So will they stick to the old line, it's free speech. We can do/say anything we want. If you don't like it, turn it off. Or will this bring about actual change in the system?

We need to get back the labor laws we had since the 1930s that Reagan eliminated. Like a law against firing people because they strike and a law against hiring permanent replacement workers.

We need a Labor party, screw the Republican and Democrats.

The unfortunate thing is that it would have taken so little on the studios' part to avert this whole sorry situation. All they would have had to do is agree in principle that when they earn revenues from a writer's work on any platform, the writer is entitled to a share of that revenue. The exact percentages could have been negotiated, but unfortunately the studios' position is that on certain platforms -- which just happen to be the platforms of the future (internet, wireless, etc) -- the writers should receive nothing for their work. I don't see any writer acceding to this valueless value proposition, ever. So this could be a long one, unless/until the moguls realize they have over-reached.

Maybe corporate sponsors should support the rank and file and put a little pressure on the studios, especially if the corporations who run commercials want the rank and file to buy their products.