Was This Strike Necessary?

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It's Day One of the Writers Guild Strike against film and television producers, the first such action since 1988.  Picket lines went up at 9 o’clock this morning at fifteen studios from Burbank to Hollywood to Manhattan Beach. The strike is all about DVD residuals and how to divide the spoils of the Internet—if anybody can figure out how to make money in cyberspace.

It's Day One of the Writers Guild Strike against film and television producers, the first such action since 1988.  Picket lines went up at 9 o’clock this morning at fifteen studios from Burbank to Hollywood to Manhattan Beach. The strike is all about DVD residuals and how to divide the spoils of the Internet—if anybody can figure out how to make money in cyberspace.


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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Karen Radziner, Frances Anderton