--- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "danielmcvicar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This sort of "transparent" hashing out of a business matter on line > shows that there is some growing up to do with the new media. Dan, respectfully I suggest you put on a expensive suit and visit <http://the-late-nite- mash.blip.tv/file/110536> for a little attitude adjustment. In all seriousness though, I think that transparancy is missing in MSM and I welcome it in new media, especially in cases like this. Blogs and alternative news outlets were the only places where, in the run up to the Iraq invasion, people questioned the claims made to justify the war. Big difference granted. Consider the next time you are depicted on a potato chip (or anything else) without your blessing. I don't want you to hesitate asking for others to chime in if it is justified. I am guessing you are a member of SAG. You don't have to haggle with late paying clients. Or if green M&M's are in your trailer when your contract's rider specifically states NO GREEN M&M"S. SAG is your stickman, your posse, they got your back. I got your back as a member of this group. I bet a lot of folks here would take up a justified cause in order to assist in resolving a problem. Democracy. Safety in numbers. Mob rule. Of the three I 'd say the first two apply here. > Let's leave the lawyering to the lawyers, and get creative. Lawyers are or should be the last resort. No one wins when it gets to the point of hiring the suits to file suite. Except the suit that can then afford a little Miss Slap and Mistress Tickle. I really think that unless it is already been shot down, it my be time to get MORE organized. <http://adage.com/article?article_id=119152> "Of course, whether those outlets will be willing to deal with a company that gives artists greater ownership over their intellectual property (as well as participation in revenue streams like advertising) is an open question. But if major stars can be persuaded to fool around online for fun and profit, 60Frames may well be a potent force for change in Hollywood. The union question Also unclear is how Hollywood's labor unions will react. Efforts by the Screen Actors Guild and Hollywood's agents to salvage a six-decade-old master franchise agreement fell short in 2002, meaning that agencies could potentially invest in production companies -- previously a verboten practice for agents. (United Talent Agency, for its part, declined to disclose its exact stake in the new venture, and was careful to call 60Frames a "financing entity" and not a production company.) " And here is where I end my contribution to this thread. Peace of the pi(p)e pale face.
