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a writer on Suits, which was been #1 on Netflix all month or longer, got less than $300 in streaming residuals for all them views -- (link)

Posted by hollywood big shot (aka pickmix) Aug 10 '23, 14:14

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https://twitter.com/GarySThompson/status/1689425481320554496?s=20 (twitter.com)

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Movies/TV creators and actors are running into what recording artists have been dealing with for the past decade. And they don't have a union to - pmb Aug 10, 15:12 9
- Netflix only just became profitable after more than a decade of piling up debt. it's a terrible value proposition for the studios too - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:16 8
  - Musicians (and record labels) have been no fans of streaming either, but in both cases they essentially got overrun by the will of consumers who were - pmb Aug 10, 15:45 6
    - labels own the copyright. they could put the screws to Spotify for more money if they really wanted to (and even pass some of it along to the artists) -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:54 5
      - Didn't the labels take Spotify equity so they could avoid sharing revenue with artists? -- nm - psilotum Aug 10, 16:11 1
        
        sounds like something they would do -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 16:12
      - Theoretically, but that's how consumers listen now so they don't have a ton of leverage. Taylor Swift took her music off spotify for a while based on - pmb Aug 10, 16:06 2
        
        not being facetious but Snoop Dogg gets what the issue is and wouldn't be surprised if he tried to organize something like a talent strike against the - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 16:14 1
        
        There have been artists who have been pushing for legislation (there is legislation around other music copyrights like the costs for someone to play a - pmb Aug 10, 16:26
  - (the difference with music is TV/film creators have been begging the studios to stop driving their good business model off a cliff for a while) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:20
I’m not home to fact-check but this is probably just a check for about ten of 90 days. - The Allfather Aug 10, 15:11 2
- go watch the OITNB cast members' tik toks. Netflix pays nothing year in and year out -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:14 1
  - I’ve seen them. -- nm - The Allfather Aug 10, 15:18
assuming he had a lawyer read thru his contract, he made the best deal anyone could do then. IF no lawyer, he is a fool. -- nm* - Peglegpete Aug 10, 15:01 1
- nothing to do with lawyering. it's the current structure that allows streamers to pay peanuts without also revealing actual viewer numbers -- nm - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:02
When the show was in production originally, how would this writer have been paid back then and how much? I understand that's not the issue but I'm - zunk takes things literally Aug 10, 14:47 3
- I bet they were a minor staff writer fixing & filling and not a main writer who had their name on the scripts and did the bulk of the work. -- nm - Peglegpete Aug 10, 14:58 1
  - nope. Ethan Drogin. sole credit for the ep -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:01
- OTA (network and cable) residuals are based strictly on airings and it's in the low five-figures for a single re-run - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 14:51
That said, there aren't many things I trust less than Netflix rankings. Yesterday, "Two Weeks Notice" was allegedly the #2 movie in Canada - Roger More Aug 10, 14:37 2
- Nielsen confirms -- (link) - hollywood big shot Aug 10, 15:07
- Returned to Netflix in Canada on August 1st so it tracks, actually. - Tim Aug 10, 14:44
Wow. also what a shock they chose that thumbnail -- nm - loosilu Aug 10, 14:35

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