Re: UTA reaches agreement with WGA
I guess I'm late on the game on most of this
are the big pros and cons[?]:
Pro: big agencies can get you more money because the over-all budget is larger, but the content needs a large commercial appeal
Con: Writers are employed as write-4-hire and don't have a stake in the development or creation, so they don't own the material they write. This also keeps spec writers from getting sales, because a ProCo would rather not have to share profits with screenwriters... and especially with New Media, there's less money to go around?
I assume WGA comes in because writers are making less money and WGA is becoming much less relevant in the process?
I guess I'm late on the game on most of this
are the big pros and cons[?]:
Pro: big agencies can get you more money because the over-all budget is larger, but the content needs a large commercial appeal
Con: Writers are employed as write-4-hire and don't have a stake in the development or creation, so they don't own the material they write. This also keeps spec writers from getting sales, because a ProCo would rather not have to share profits with screenwriters... and especially with New Media, there's less money to go around?
I assume WGA comes in because writers are making less money and WGA is becoming much less relevant in the process?
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