No, for the writer’s guild, it’s about the same. They care less about who owns WB and more about studios consolidating which gives them more control over deals. They can say they’re going to pay writers a lower rate and if you don’t accept it, that’s two studios you can’t write for. Less competition is worse for them regardless of which two merge.
Unless you were going to say Netflix promised them fair rates, in which case I’d gesture wildly to all their price increases over the years.
Ultimately they’re just going to have AI write a lot of stuff anyway.
All studios must offer at least guild minimum rates. The issue is of consolidation.
And one of the goals of consolidation, is having power leverage to lower the guild minimum rate.
Another goal is to have the leverage to force writers to live in studio owned apartments and only buy from studio own stores, only traveling or taking time off with studio approval. While speaking, writing, and acting only in a manner approved by the studio.
The real goal is slavery (of the rest of us) to the billionaires.
Yeh it’s really not the same. It’s much worse!
No, for the writer’s guild, it’s about the same. They care less about who owns WB and more about studios consolidating which gives them more control over deals. They can say they’re going to pay writers a lower rate and if you don’t accept it, that’s two studios you can’t write for. Less competition is worse for them regardless of which two merge.
Unless you were going to say Netflix promised them fair rates, in which case I’d gesture wildly to all their price increases over the years.
Ultimately they’re just going to have AI write a lot of stuff anyway.
All studios must offer at least guild minimum rates. The issue is of consolidation.
And one of the goals of consolidation, is having power leverage to lower the guild minimum rate.
Another goal is to have the leverage to force writers to live in studio owned apartments and only buy from studio own stores, only traveling or taking time off with studio approval. While speaking, writing, and acting only in a manner approved by the studio.
The real goal is slavery (of the rest of us) to the billionaires.