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wcmartell
06-30-2009, 07:07 PM
IMDB has just *dumped* screenwriters from the main page for every movie. Director is listed, cast is listed... not screenwriter! Though the WGA should begin an anti-IMDB/Amazon campaign, while we are waiting for that to happen, why not write them? And spread this to any writer friends you have. If they get thousands of letters, they may read one of them.

IMDb.com, Inc.
P.O. Box 81226
Seattle, WA 98108-1226

Go check it out for yourself.

- Bill
baldstunter
07-02-2009, 09:41 AM
Hi Bill,

Found out they just changed it back because it stirred such an outrage!

Cool.
HLTassin
07-02-2009, 09:50 AM
Yeah, I was thinking of canceling my IMDBpro subscription!!!
SoCalScribe
07-02-2009, 10:41 AM
Hi Bill,

Found out they just changed it back because it stirred such an outrage!

Cool.


Yeah, this was a BIG problem for IMDB yesterday. Yet another in a long string of decisions that caused more problems than it solved. :(
SoCalScribe
07-02-2009, 10:47 AM
Yeah, IMDB got a LOT of complaints about that one yesterday. Yet another in a long string of decisions that created more problems than it fixed. :confused:
loopdesign
07-02-2009, 12:05 PM
This pisses me off on NetFlix too.
ylekot43
07-02-2009, 01:14 PM
Nikki Finke was all over it. Awesome.
C.C.Baxter
07-03-2009, 09:18 AM
Bill,

Good job creating buzz about this. Saw it posted
on several screenwriter boards.

The general public thinks actors 'make it up as they
go along. Or so said William Holden.

:mpopcorn:
Madbandit
07-03-2009, 07:42 PM
Were they asleep when the strike of 08/09 happened? "The pen is truly mightier than the sword!" -the Joker from "Batman" (1989)
Typewriter
07-03-2009, 11:21 PM
I guess they figure writers are not a vital part of the film process. After all, very rarely does the writer's actual script appear on the screen lol.
RogerOThornhill
07-04-2009, 02:01 PM
They may get a lot of page views from movie fans, but most of the paid subscriptions to imdbPro are probably industry people.
Pardack
07-19-2009, 06:06 PM
I was told the WGA actually has a contract governing how the credits must be listed on IMDB.

Someone at imdb's probably gettin' fired over this one.
Kevan
07-20-2009, 11:17 AM
The dumb clucks! :mad:
grant
07-20-2009, 11:33 AM
Per this blog post (http://artfulwriter.com/?p=845), things were resolved at the beginning of the month with minimal violence and casualties.
EvilRbt
07-20-2009, 12:23 PM
Per this blog post (http://artfulwriter.com/?p=845), things were resolved at the beginning of the month with minimal violence and casualties.

Excellent. Glad to hear common sense won this battle.