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In response to "streaming is easy when you just don’t pay the creators -- (link)" by hollywood big shot

TL:dr: When you create content for Netflix, you get paid a flat rate whether it's successful or not, and Netflix owns the content.

Posted by Mop🧹 (aka rburriel) Jun 28 '23, 10:29

Tell me you're shocked by this news and I'll show you someone who hasn't paid attention for the last decade.

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the whole streaming business model is premised on eliminating backend participation. the jig is up and creators aren't going to accept it -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:31 5
- OK, tell you what. You get a bonus for a hit. Everyone else pays back their flat rate for a bomb. -- nm - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 10:33 4
  - The point of the streaming model is that everyone gets paid regardless of success. - Mop🧹 Jun 28, 10:38 2
    - lol they're paying relative peanuts even for the "hits" -- nm - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:43 1
      - WGA had to take Netflix to arbitration for $42m they screwed the writers out of paying -- (link) - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:45
  - or, just a fair residual based on whatever metric for eyeballs on streams the studios want to claim represents real viewership (we already know about - hollywood big shot Jun 28, 10:37

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