The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.

  • NathanielThomas@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    It’s so absurd that some professions are so devalued, at least in certain timelines in history. Scribes are now considered practically worthless, though in ancient times they held high degrees of respect as scholars.

    Now it’s middlemen who writers with projects who take the lion’s share of the money, despite accomplishing little else. They have no inherent skills beyond connecting person A with person B.