cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/workreform@lemmy.world/t/334142

The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.

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[–] 42 points 3 years ago

Better to upload it to torrent and ask for donations. I am sure they could get more than 3k.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago

    Pay the writers - sign the contract! ✊

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  • [–] 25 points 3 years ago

    Wow this is so fucked.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Don't leave the strike. Netflix needs to pay the price

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    I say stay on strike for as long as possible. It's a benefit for all mankind. I'm finally catching up on a ton of stuff I was behind on. Also, why work for scraps if you're not getting paid appropriately.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    How much were the writers paid for their initial work?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Fucking criminal.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    This is even more insane than finding out the creator and showrunner for Squid Game made $100k for it.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Absolutely horrifying considering how well suits is written.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Does it get better? I made it to the second season and it started getting very formulaic. Client is sympathetic, fraud lawyer takes pity, he’s wrong, cynical lawyer saves the day, makes some sacrifice so you know he’s really a good guy. Introduce someone threatening to expose fraud lawyer now and then.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    And unions are still not seen as a good (let alonr important) thing by many americans...

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Proportional to the writers' effort in the final few seasons, I suppose.

    In all seriousness, that's pretty fucked up.

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  • [+] -8 points 3 years ago

    In all fairness, based on the accuracy of how courts are portrayed in Suits, the writers spent a there from 10 to 15 minutes writing this. Pretty impressive pay.

    source: watched the entire series and loved it

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