I follow a lot of writers on Twitter, and over the past week or so, most have posted the form the union gave them to send to their respective agents firing them until the agency agrees to stop package negotiations.
This also relates back to a thread we had a while back where we discussed how seemingly uninvolved people were getting superfluous credits on various film and tv projects. On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 6:02 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > LINK TO PRESS RELEASE > <https://www.wgaeast.org/writers-guild-of-america-announces-lawsuit-to-end-talent-agencies-conflicted-business-practices/> > > LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Writers Guild of America is suing Hollywood's four > biggest talent agencies in the latest and boldest move in an increasingly > bitter fight between the two sides. > The suit filed Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court claims that agents' > use of so-called packaging fees is illegal under California law because > they pose a conflict of interest in representing writers. > Packaging fees mean agents combine elements of a television series, > including writers, scripts or actors, and sell them directly to studios as > a unit rather than taking commission from each. It can mean massive payouts > for agents from successful shows, sometimes more than those who directly > work on them receive. > The common practice has fueled increasingly heated negotiations between > agencies and the guild. Numerous writers have fired their agents. > The agencies said they would have comment later Wednesday. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
