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[somedaybitch]

that's gonna leave a mark.

"...A lawsuit brought last fall against the Screen Actors Guild by actor Ken Osmond, a member of the guild who played Eddie Haskell on "Leave it to Beaver" in the 1950s, has revealed the existence of a secret 2002 agreement between the studios and the guild, granting the major studios half of the money collected abroad on behalf of actors from the sale of DVDs, blank VHS tapes and cable transmissions. Half!

European governments levy taxes on such sales, and allot this money to writers, directors and actors. But SAG, just like the directors guild and the writers guild, has generously chosen to share this money with the studios...."

emphasis mine

Comments

[arthurfrdent.livejournal.com]

isn't that a kickback? protection money... RICO statute, hey? Oh, the studios, those poor dears, whatever are they to do?

[thevaliumsofalj.livejournal.com]

oh, dude.. they're so fucked...

ETA: here's a link to a website where they have the original documents. I got the links from the link of the link.

ETA2: it really helps when I add the link, right? http://www.screenrights.net/documents.HTML

[somedaybitch.livejournal.com]

isn't it just stunning? and what *were* they thinking?