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Striking Writers Need Your Help
Target: Network ExecutivesSponsored by: Care2
Writers are the creative minds behind the shows and movies we all love to watch. But 12,000 entertainment writers have been on strike since early November.
More and more TV shows are going to go off the air because of the stinginess of the studios.
Writers want fair compensation when their content is streamed on the Internet by the networks. Right now, writers get nothing for this work - even if it's written exclusively for online audiences - and the studios want to keep it that way.
It's estimated that the companies will bring in a whopping $4.6 billion over the next three years through the Internet - and they don't want to give the writers a penny.
Send a message to Hollywood executives: It's time to treat your writers fairly!
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We signed the “Striking Writers Need Your Help” petition!
# 100:
3:10 pm PST, Jan 3,
Mary L. Trump, New York
# 99:
3:10 pm PST, Jan 3,
Marilyn Bernstein, Massachusetts
# 98:
3:10 pm PST, Jan 3,
Diane Derby, Massachusetts
# 97:
3:10 pm PST, Jan 3,
Lisa Kasai, California
# 96:
3:10 pm PST, Jan 3,
Teleia A. McCabe, Ohio
Film, TV et al are collaborative arts - it takes many people to make a successful product. Most crucial among these are your writers! To ignore the work of everyone so that the corporations can make more money off the sweat of other's labor is immoral. Give the writer's their due - and restore quality productions.
Film, TV et al are collaborative arts - it takes many people to make a successful product. Most crucial among these are your writers! To ignore the work of everyone so that the corporations can make more money off the sweat of other's labor is immoral. Give the writer's their due - and restore quality productions.
# 95:
3:09 pm PST, Jan 3,
Raina Gutierrez, Texas
# 94:
3:09 pm PST, Jan 3,
Jay Steiger, California
# 93:
3:08 pm PST, Jan 3,
John Ambrozaitis, Oregon
# 92:
3:08 pm PST, Jan 3,
Bob Bender, Colorado
It's it time the writers got a piece of the pie? They more than deserve it.
It's it time the writers got a piece of the pie? They more than deserve it.
# 91:
3:08 pm PST, Jan 3,
Armand Fontaine, Texas
# 90:
3:08 pm PST, Jan 3,
Neil Sofia, California
About ten years ago I remember reading that a black list was created in Hollywood that included writers over 40 years old. True or false, from my perspective over the last decade the quality of the TV series has dwindled to a pathetic display of mediocrity, stupidity and in plain English unwatchable crap. Its all about the money now and the content has suffered. Pay all talented writers there reasonable due or the only programs I will watch are good old re-runs and classic movies.
About ten years ago I remember reading that a black list was created in Hollywood that included writers over 40 years old. True or false, from my perspective over the last decade the quality of the TV series has dwindled to a pathetic display of mediocrity, stupidity and in plain English unwatchable crap. Its all about the money now and the content has suffered. Pay all talented writers there reasonable due or the only programs I will watch are good old re-runs and classic movies.
# 89:
3:07 pm PST, Jan 3,
Tracey Puckett, Virginia
# 88:
3:07 pm PST, Jan 3,
Beatrice Hewitt, New Jersey
# 87:
3:06 pm PST, Jan 3,
Roberta Olafson, California
# 86:
3:06 pm PST, Jan 3,
Maria Marotti-Ceder, California
# 85:
3:06 pm PST, Jan 3,
Chuck Oatman, Pennsylvania
# 84:
3:05 pm PST, Jan 3,
Christine Sandvik, Pennsylvania
# 83:
3:05 pm PST, Jan 3,
Elfmagic Taylor, Australia
THE LAW OF ONE We are all One. When one is harmed, all are harmed. When one is helped, all are helped. Therefore, in the name of Who I AM, and I am One with All, I ask that only that which is the highest good of all concerned, happen here. I give thanks that this is done.
THE LAW OF ONE We are all One. When one is harmed, all are harmed. When one is helped, all are helped. Therefore, in the name of Who I AM, and I am One with All, I ask that only that which is the highest good of all concerned, happen here. I give thanks that this is done.
# 82:
3:05 pm PST, Jan 3,
Jess Moon Senour, California
# 81:
3:04 pm PST, Jan 3,
Kristen Olafson, California
# 80:
3:04 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, Oregon
# 79:
3:04 pm PST, Jan 3,
Stephanie O'Briant, Louisiana
# 78:
3:04 pm PST, Jan 3,
Misty Mcentee-choo, California
# 77:
3:04 pm PST, Jan 3,
Madeleine Drake, Oregon
# 76:
3:03 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, New York
# 75:
3:03 pm PST, Jan 3,
Robert Montufar, New York
# 74:
3:03 pm PST, Jan 3,
Ariel Heart, Colorado
Hey executives, you are greedy and don't deserve any profits if you can't take care of those that make it possible!!
Hey executives, you are greedy and don't deserve any profits if you can't take care of those that make it possible!!
# 73:
3:02 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
If it's their work, they should receive payment for their work--anything else is simply thievery.
If it's their work, they should receive payment for their work--anything else is simply thievery.
# 72:
3:02 pm PST, Jan 3,
Paul Kelley, Pennsylvania
# 71:
3:02 pm PST, Jan 3,
Robert Mitchener, Ohio
# 70:
3:01 pm PST, Jan 3,
C. Romanelli, Illinois
# 69:
3:01 pm PST, Jan 3,
Viktoria Toth, Esq., Ohio
# 68:
3:01 pm PST, Jan 3,
Melanie Cipher, Connecticut
# 67:
3:01 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, Arkansas
The writers deserve a fair deal. Everyone else is making money from their product. Corporations give their top executives huge compensation deals and then penny pinch everyone else doing the actual work.
The writers deserve a fair deal. Everyone else is making money from their product. Corporations give their top executives huge compensation deals and then penny pinch everyone else doing the actual work.
# 66:
3:01 pm PST, Jan 3,
Stamatios Varias, Pennsylvania
# 65:
3:01 pm PST, Jan 3,
Jack David Marcus, New York
# 64:
3:00 pm PST, Jan 3,
Dee E. Egger, Illinois
# 63:
3:00 pm PST, Jan 3,
Arthur Van der Harten, Nevada
# 62:
3:00 pm PST, Jan 3,
Ashley Winkler, Texas
# 61:
3:00 pm PST, Jan 3,
Erin Stewart, Oregon
# 60:
3:00 pm PST, Jan 3,
David Hind, California
# 59:
2:59 pm PST, Jan 3,
Louisa Jacobs, California
# 58:
2:59 pm PST, Jan 3,
Edie Bruce, California
# 57:
2:59 pm PST, Jan 3,
David Scharf, California
Give writers their fair share you greedy bastards!
Give writers their fair share you greedy bastards!
# 56:
2:58 pm PST, Jan 3,
Nancy McCollum, Oregon
# 55:
2:58 pm PST, Jan 3,
Gail Biermann Laulette, New Jersey
I think that if the networks are cashing in the writers should also. Without them there are no shows or movies to get revenue from. Fair is fair and if you are getting residuals the writers should also.
I think that if the networks are cashing in the writers should also. Without them there are no shows or movies to get revenue from. Fair is fair and if you are getting residuals the writers should also.
# 54:
2:58 pm PST, Jan 3,
Carlos Fiol, Puerto Rico
# 53:
2:58 pm PST, Jan 3,
Mikka Cardinelli, Michigan
# 52:
2:57 pm PST, Jan 3,
Name not displayed, California
# 51:
2:57 pm PST, Jan 3,
Elizabeth Keddy, California