In article <p291j35al9e1mijnsk2b3jvtc9hkfr0u5a@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Rob Jensen <ShutUpRob@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> Authors get royalties on every *new* copy of every book that is sold
> in a bookstore, regardless of printing number. In that respect,
> syndication is another edition -- paperback to the original airings'
> hardcover and each successive rerun cycle on television is a new
> printing of each episode. Similarly, DVD is another format of
> transmission of new editions of the product, same as
> books-on-tape/books on CD, as are downloading and streaming -- they
> are ALL new printings of the same product, not used editions.
Pretty much.
>
> Meanwhile, your auto analogy breaks down due to the sheer number of
> people involved in auto manufacturing -- their royalties are their
> pension funds and bonuses, both of which the auto manufacturers (and
> similarly, the airlines) have so gutted in an Enron-like way that they
> have handed off the pension funds to the US Government.
It breaks down long before that in real life. But *IF* the auto
workers *WERE * set-up that way, there is no real problem inherent with
the numbers. Means everybody would get a little less per person. Also,
by the time they get done with (assuming the other Guild's get
something, too) the analogy gets closer to the autoworkers reality.
>
> Your analogy of writing with auto manufacturing is essentially
> comparing apples and corn flakes. Both are gathered by people, both
> are delivered by people and both are consumed by people. Pay scales
> are totally different due to fundamental, irreconcilable differences
> in the products.
Yep. Never said otherwise. The analogy started by the Cpl. was
flawed and I was merely pointing out the flaws.
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