The Hollywood Reporter’s Carl DiOrio provides a close look at a couple examples of how compensation terms and residuals are being structured for web-streamed projects:
Hollywood Reporter: Guild lather up Web residuals
WGA senior executive Jane Nefeldt described the terms as being a modified form of the guild’s basic-cable residual terms. Although those terms are more lucrative [...]

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BTL reported on the early stockpiling rumors and the Economic Development Corporation’ s study of its effects in our March 5, 2007 issue:
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Economic Development Corp. on Impact of De Facto Strike
by Jack Egan
Stockpiling of scripts and an acceleration in production is already occurring as studios try to shield themselves from a [...]

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The Monday after SAG and WGA rubbed heads with each other at a March 16 contract negotiation strategy session, WGA issued a letter to its members assuring them that the stockpiling from 2001 is not making a comeback in this year’s talks. What is at stake here are important decisions to be made about compensation [...]

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BTL’s Jack Egan has an overview of the past year’s Labor activities and what it portends for the coming year in our January 2, 2007 issue:
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The Year in Labor
by Jack Egan
As the year begins, it may be appropriate for below-the-line industry craft workers to pay some heed to Aesop’s fable of [...]

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