You seem to have grapsed this simple point. Why the fuck are there so many dumbasses on here who fucking don't?

Now imagine Store B opens. Still selling Hummers, only this time you get a fraction more money for being there a predetermined amount of time, but it last you maybe 10 weeks in stead of 8 - that kind of difference. But there's NO 0.4% commission every 10,000 miles. In fact, every time the Hummer does 2,000 miles, the store gets back ALL the commissions - and it's more than 0.4%.

If YOU are the salesman, would YOU really want to be forced into Store B because the owners, who want a LOT more profits and don't want to pay the silly bastards who INVENT those Hummers they're selling, decide to open Store B, invent these new UNFAIR rules, and then close Store A so you HAVE to work to the Store B rules? Wouldn't that PISS YOU OFF???

Without writers, you don't have ANYTHING to make or produce. These caterers, grips, runners, and everyone else that the dumbasses on here keep on referring to, DON'T HAVE JOBS WITHOUT THE WRITERS - because without the fucking writers, what exactly ARE THEY GOING TO BE MAKING?

Yep. I'm a Celebrity Jungle Twat Get Me Out Of Here And Into The Celebrity Big Brother Beauty And The Geek Next Top Model Joe Millionaire House. It is that bad. Do you REALLY want to watch Z-list slebs in shitty made-up situations for the rest of your worthless lives?

Right. So stop throwing toys out of prams and SUPPORT THE FUCKING WRITERS.

I SUPPORT POUND SAND'S NEW CATCHPHRASE!

Don't we do that already?!?!? ;p

Well, for the US anyway.

I appreciate your support for the writers.

Another way to look at residuals is it's an A/V version of book royalties. Stephen King gets a cut on every book he sells. In like manner, each viewing of a film or TV show is a sale. The audience is paying either by ticket at theater, DVD sale or rental, pay-per-view, monthly premium cable fees (Showtime, HBO), or by watching advertisements.

Actors and directors are entitled to residuals as well for their contribution to the creative process. Film and TV are collaborative arts.

I don't buy the "it's done, but it'll take another four weeks to finish." This is clearly a bogus tip. If they got past their disagreements, then they'd spend every waking moment to finish up any paperwork in days. It may be over by Christmas, but I doubt this guy really knows one way or the other.

As for the whole support the writers / don't support the writers argument, why is it so hard for some to realize that nobody is forcing these people to take these jobs? Real people make the necessary compromises to put food on their table. Either you accept what the job is offering, or you move on. I can't believe how many of you have used the word "entitled" when describing the writers. The only people who are entitled to profits are those who've put their own money on the line. You know, like the shareholders (and even then, there are no guarantees). I'm no fan of the studio suits, but they're clearly free to run their business however they want. You're not entitled to take things from other people just because you want them. That's the problem most of the country has with California. Like it or not, you come off as a bunch of communists and most of the world has moved past that failed, absurd "philosophy." If the studios want to cough up the money, so be it, but don't act like it's rightfully yours.

Oh, and if there were no writers.. WHAT exactly would studios be putting their money on the line to sell to people?

Like it or not, everything in the realms of fiction TV and film BEGINS WITH THE WRITER. They are the procreators of these projects. They fucking DESERVE more money.

the producers are only now beginning to realize the writers are serious.