as a plumber*
i want residuals on all the plumbing i've ever done
if you've had a sink installed by me, i want a cash fee for every time you've used that sink. if i've installed a toilet, i want money for every flush.
what bollocks, you do the work you get paid for it. Residuals actually divert money away from reinvestment in new progamming.
*i'm not a plumber
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mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 9 Nov 2007, 21:17,
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That analogy doesn't work
Because each flush of the toilet is free, whereas the studio makes money for each re-run etc of the movie or TV show.
I figure the point is that the movie etc is being sold for money, so the writers want a bit since they had a hand in creating it. Fair enough.
Unless they get paid a LOT when they first write it in the understanding that there will be no residual (thus the studio is taking the risk).
Oh well - who cares.
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