July 17, 2007
Internet looms in new Hollywood contract talks
With Hollywood bracing for a season of possible labor strife, screenwriters sat down with studio executives Monday for contract talks expected to partly hinge on how the Internet has altered show business. Reuters reports.
"The two sides also are likely to clash over industry proposals to revamp the decades-old system by which television and film writers are paid extra when their work goes beyond an initial broadcast or theatrical release and into reruns or onto DVDs.
The pact for the Writers Guild of America's 12,000 members expires October 31.
... This year, the guild is pushing hard to expand residuals for TV and film content that is reused on the Internet and other digital media platforms, such as cell phones and iPods.
Industry executives insist that wireless and Web-based entertainment still consist largely of experimental ventures whose business models are unproven. "
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