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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by jemmyw on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:58PM (#36925682)
Maybe we could see it from the other direction, there shouldn't be perpetual income. You're paid to act, paid for writing, paid for making music. I don't know how it could work, but people want new movies and new music so some mechanism could pay for future work more directly than charging for each play of an existing bit of art
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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by kthejoker2 on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:01PM (#36927002)
Copyright laws just need to be shrunk back significantly. Then nobody is gaining income from it. No residuals, no licenses.
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Re:Actors take to the internet to show their residual checks... by nunez on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:50PM (#36937276)
On the other hand, you, the talent, receiving $x for your work while your producer receives ${$Inf}x for it feels lopsided too.
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