Comedian Tina Fey pickets FOX on SAG/WGA's "UNITY DAY"

[feyfreapoehlerbear]

was this in LA?

[gSaOcGgDhGiRl]

yes

[feyfreapoehlerbear]

thanks!

[sweetheart2109]

yep that is Los Angeles

[1TreeHillRavens]

Yeah I agree with MissingNo11. They wrote it. Without them writing it, you'd never see it, those tightwads would never see their money, so yeah those writers deserve it, and I supported them during this strike, and I'll support the next one.

[jazzwriter100]

The writers are not employed by the studio, the studio purchases the script with the stipulation, that the writer of that script would recieve a residual every time it is released. This residual (before the strike) has been 2.5%. So for every dollar that the studio makes on advertising for a tv show like Seinfeld, the writer of that particular episode would make 2 and a half cents. However, at any given time 48% of WGA members are unemployed, so these residuals really help them survive. Thanks!

[veriteez]

If the writers work for a company, why should the writers benefit from the sale of a dvd? I don't understand. Don't the rights go to the studio? If I worked for an advertisement firm, the rights of the design belong to the firm, not me. I work for the ad. firm. Is that what's going on here?

[MissingNo11]

hey, veriteez, they wrote the damn thing, they deserve the benefit also.

[veriteez]

missingno11- damn dude, I asked a simple question. Don't get all hostile with me. If a writer is commissioned by a studio why are they wanting profits to a project? Just because they wrote it doesn't mean they have creative control.

[MissingNo11]

we cool man, let's just agree to disagree

[feyfreapoehlerbear]

i agree

Tina seems really pissed. but then again she has all the reason to be

[jazzwriter100]

No, I think you might be misinformed, a written work makes money everytime its performed. So what they're saying is that every person that created that performance should equally benefit from the profits. So to not pay the writers for something they wrote and you (the studio) is benefitting from would be constituted as a form of plagerism, so to speak, because the writer is not getting monetary credit for what they wrote but someone else is. Thank you for asking though and not assuming.

[pinwapple]

Did you mean January 2008?

[gpduke03]

I love tina fey.

[britethorn]

Write on!

[vidaroc]

aww tina is awesome

[PiFan7]

Hold strong, WGA!!!

[pjohnson52]

thanks for being a greedy writer first and putting your crew last!

[ToManyPhones]

Why was this comment marked as spam? It's an opinion, not spam.

But Tina Fey is still awesome.

[MadScout]

You are clueless as a clam. This strike is for all the working people in Hollywood. Use your brain, sir.

[pjohnson52]

keep drinkin that special kool-aid, the strike isnt for the working people. and i love how pro-writers mark me down.

[kgirl42]

I don't understand how one could be anti-writers... someone reject your screenplay or something?

[pjohnson52]

wrong, im a grip, and the collateral damage noone gives a shit about

[BryyMillerson]

That must be why benefit shows were put on with proceeds going to the crews.

[montavilla]

well it's for me, and i'm a working person. i know who pays my insurance...

[heine71]

What's Unity Day?

[TheRagingCelt]

Yay for Tina!