Well I hear where you are coming from Steve though I don’t think you’re getting your point across very well. While I don’t fully agree with you, I do think I get what you’re saying let me see if this sums it up right:
“This strike is too soon. Not enough proven income to fight over and the whole market is changing at the same time.”
Is that it?
Well let me point out a similar fight that’s going on that’s a bit lesser known and has been touched on here: Comics.
Yep, Comic Books and those comics you get in your Sunday Newspaper. Here in America we’ve had the “Big Two” (some might argue more but most people know DC and Marvel) and the newspapers and that’s about it for Comic publishers. Until the internet came along you had to beg to one of these companies to get a chance, and on top of that you most likely had to be an Artist and a Writer to get work. (One paycheck instead of two for the company)
When the internet came along some pioneering folks decided to not play the current games and went out into the net to make their careers. Just like in normal media outlets we’ve got our own “stars” but just like Hollywood there are plenty of creators running around the net making a living off of their work. (I know several personally)
Did they know how to make a living off of the net right away? Heck no! They just wanted full control of their intellectual property and didn’t want anyone standing between their stories and the audience. So by changing the rules the webcomic was born and more and more folks are starting to reap the rewards.
So I guess what I’m saying is that the Writers should fight for everything they can get out of the current system, but with the huge change the internet brings they should also start looking for a whole new system. For instance Sanctuary For All is a Internet Only Television show that goes strait to the fans and ignores the studios. The writers need to do all they can to look out for themselves, and that means looking out for today, and tomorrow.
