On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:59:35 -0400, Invid Fan <invid@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Anim8rFSK <ANIM8Rfsk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Nonsense.
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>> They get paid for writing the script, regardless of where it airs,
>> regardless of if it airs, *now*
>> They get paid for direct to DVD *now*
>> We're talking extra residuals from potential later dispersal of product
>> that might not even have money changing hands, and they want twice what
>> they get on a DVD for that.
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>One could compare this to the situation waiters are in, where as
>they're payed less by the restaurant up front because they're expected
>to get tips later. Writers are paid less up front as residuals are
>expected later if they do a good job. If studios are willing to pay
>more upfront, then that would be a good way to deal with the
>situation...
Tips are bonuses (gratuities, royalties) paid by the customers, not
the employer. Residuals are a percentage of an employee's salary that
is deferred according to a fixed forumula until the employer is
required by that formula to pay the rest of the employee's salary.
The only thing that Tips and Residuals have in common is that they're
both taxable income.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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