rafinlay
2007-07-17 14:23:09
One benefit of residuals to the studios might be that they are able to buy screenwriting for less, since the real $ will be paid ONLY if the production is successful enough to be shown multiple times. Kind of like a contingency-fee arrangement with writers. If they succeed in eliminating residuals, they might be surprised to find the cost of the initial scripts going up … unless the supply of (good enough) screenwriters so exceeds the demand that they will forever be a dime-a-dozen….
