M, I am willing to believe everything everyone has said on this page about writers being treated unfairly and conglomerates being ruthless. But in the end, it is going to come down to marketplace forces that right now nobody understands or can control. It is even possible that in the emerging model these studios will not be nearly as powerful as they are now as other investors are placed on a more level playing field. By increasing the supply of producers, this would increase the demand for writers, raising their pay even higher than the cost-of-living-type settlement that I suspect will ultimately emerge here. I think this is time for everyone to be thinking outside the box because this time, unlike with VCR’s and DVD’s, the world really is changing.
