Roger L. Simon
2007-07-13 15:04:52
Don, your law professor was even more green than I was. Writers almost never get a percentage of the gross. The system is rigged against them.
I could go into the rare instances when they do, but it would bore you. (One minor one is that those previously nominated for an Academy Award – a tiny number of writers – are entitled to one percent of the gross from one studio – Sony – via a determined negotiation with the WGA.)
