▲ 972 ▼ The era of cheap streaming is officially over (www.cnn.com) submitted 3 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.ml 387 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Whirlybird@aussie.zone -2 points 3 years ago (1 child) They get paid, they just don’t get residuals for life from every job they were paid to do. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Just read an article stating that the writers of a show were only paid a combined $3000 after the show was streamed over 16 million hours on Netflix. These companies try to crack down on piracy by claiming artists/writers/actors don't get paid if we pirate but they're clearly not getting paid anything outside their normal wages when we don't pirate either. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 1 point 3 years ago Just read an article stating that the writers of a show were only paid a combined $3000 after the show was streamed over 16 million hours on Netflix. These companies try to crack down on piracy by claiming artists/writers/actors don't get paid if we pirate but they're clearly not getting paid anything outside their normal wages when we don't pirate either. permalink fedilink source parent