Way to go, Casey. Of course this medium will be unionized.
Eventually. Is this a 'problem' for indie talent and technician? Or a blessing? Health insurance, retirement benefits, fiscal protections from abuse, etc? There either will or will not come a time when the things you produce are popular enough to sustain real livings for lots and lots of people. When that entertainment tipping point happens, why not provide yourself and the people you work with living wages and benefits? Serious talent wishing to cross over to MSM will be folded into unions; those who don't want to play in the MSM sandbox will stand outside, not looking in, but looking out to recruit new, hungry talent to feed the hungry long tail of entertainment. Jan On 10/20/07, Irina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > very nice > i'm really intrigued by the strike in LA > it seems like we online can never be touched by something like that > but i hear i am totally wrong > > On 10/16/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I could not miss the following article as it is currently given > > prominence on the Guardian main page: > > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/oct/16/digitalvideo > > > > Touches on issues such as 'the unions are coming' which is certainly > > something I expect to cause a few nightmares for some in the future. > > Probably wont affect people who dont use any outside talent in their > > videos so much for now, but in the longterm the existing > > 'professional' entertainment industry is certainly going to want to > > get in on the act. > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://geekentertainment.tv > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > Individual Email | Traditional > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://feeds.feedburner.com/WburgtvFallFilmFest - Fall Film Fest http://fauxpress.blogspot.com http://wburg.tv aim=janofsound air=862.571.5334 skype=janmclaughlin [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
