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	<title><![CDATA[Slipped Disc:  Why DVD Residuals Still Matter -- and Always Will]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-handel/slipped-disc-why-dvd-resi_b_72245.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><em>Read more about the strike on <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/writers-strike">the Huffington Post's writers' strike page</a>.</em></p>

<p>Until last Sunday, the WGA's proposals included <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-handel/writers-and-producers-he_b_71157.html">doubling the home video residual</a>. But that day, at a last-ditch bargaining meeting, the WGA rolled over and <a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975547.html?categoryid=1066&amp;cs=1">dropped its proposal</a>, trading it off against gains in new media residuals and jurisdiction. Big mistake. Why? Two reasons: because now the home video residual becomes a major impediment to settling the strike; and because the home video residual matters enormously,...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Media]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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