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By: WGA Rank and File Authorize Strike « NewTeeVee

WGA Rank and File Authorize Strike « NewTeeVee — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:21:06 +0000

[...] it’s not clear what work writers can and can’t do online — do the WGA rules bar members from doing online work for struck companies? And with so many subsidiaries and independents, what qualifies as a struck [...]

By: Jackson West

Jackson West — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:30:48 +0000

Thanks for that clarification, Mr. King. Greatly appreciated. There was some concern amongst independent online producers that working in the medium would prevent them from becoming WGA members in the future.

By: R King

R King — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:30:38 +0000

Dear Jackson,

I think you misunderstand. The guild rules that ban writing for new media during a strike are, as I understand it, only about writing new media for the struck companies: Warner Bros., Disney, Viacom, etc.

In fact, writers are being encouraged to foster other ties with new media and write for it. That’s what the big companies are so worried about. In the world of new media there is no need for a distributor. They are becoming more and more irrelevant. And their only relevance is their good relations with talent– which, of course, they are doing everything they can to poison these days.

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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 03:42:11 +0000

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