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More than four cents, that's for sure. Like I said, the studios' gross on a $20 DVD is about $9. What do you figure their profit is? $5-6 per disc? And the writers get four cents? Does that seem right to you? And that's not even getting into the fact that total DVD sales figures are infamously...

I'm pretty sure that 1E did have morale, it just wasn't given a line in the monster stat blocks. I think the rules were in the DMG.

Actually, this isn't true. DVDs have been a mass-market item for a long time now, so you can bet that the studios have figured out the maximum prices that the market will bear, and are charging them right now. It's basic economics - once an item has been on sale for a while (and oftentimes it...

Have you played Fallout? It's not at all like GURPS. The disagreement you mentioned meant that the designers had to chuck the GURPS mechanics and replace them with new ones. Perks (special abilities that your character gets every three levels) were one of those replacements. There's nothing like...

And now I see that you aren't actually interested in debating my points, but rather setting up straw men and debating them instead. I never said that the writer's work makes all the money - which is why I don't think the writer should get 100% of the profits from a show or a movie. If you want...

First, how many DVDs sell that many units? Second, what's the studio's take on that same million unit sell-through? The figures I've read put the studio's gross on a $20 DVD at $9. Even using the most generous estimates for promotion costs, payouts, etc., they're still clearing a few million...

Fine. If you're so hot on getting us to see the studios' position, why don't you share it with us? Calling a payment of four cents on a $20 DVD unfair isn't biased, it's just common sense. No offense, but I find that very hard to believe. Oh, don't get me wrong, I can believe that they made a...

Define what you mean by "fairly represents the Producers side of this strike." There are tons of "he said, she said" articles about the strike out there with statements from both sides - I don't think I need to link to one, we can both agree that they exist, no? But - repeating myself yet again...

So far in this thread, I've posted three articles and one other person has posted one. None of them were rants. I mean exactly what I said. I have not heard anything from the studios that addresses the issue of "new" media, and why they should have to pay less (or even nothing at all) for...

The whole thing basically comes down to one simple question - do you think that the writers (and the directors, and the actors) should get paid less (or, in many cases, nothing at all) because their work gets shown on the internet rather than on TV?

Getting the producers' point of view on the strike is all well and good, but that article was just a rant as far as I could tell. Anyway, nothing I've heard from the producers so far has addressed the central issue of the strike - namely, that the writers want to be paid for their work...

Lots of movies are subtitled, too. Do you ever hear people talk about "reading" movies?

Try Glen Cook's Black Company series. It's darker in tone than most of the ones you mentioned, but still very good.

I don't think there are very many non-union writers working in Hollywood. Link/source? Also, here's an interview with Ron Moore, executive producer and showrunner for Battlestar Galactica, talking about the studios' attitude toward web content.

The actors are sympathetic to the writers, for one very simple reason - their own union's contract comes up for renewal next year, and they're also going to have to make a deal with the studios over compensation for digital media. The writers' contract is being looked at as a precedent for the...

None of the strikers are providing the studios with scripts. That would defeat the whole purpose of the strike. As for writing, writers can write stuff at home and just not give it to the network. A strike is a great opportunity for a TV writer to work on a pilot or a novel, which he or she...

I'll take a stab at it: The cleric is unfun because a great deal of the time, you don't get to decide when to use your own spells. The decision is often forced upon you by other players, the DM, or even random dice rolls.

Here's another post about the issues involved in the writers' strike from Mark Evanier.

After this season, if the strike is still ongoing, the studios will have two choices - either try to find writers who will cross the picket lines, or simply not produce any new shows and try to fill the gaps in their lineups with reality TV and such. But, compounding the problem is the fact...

As most of you have no doubt heard by now, the WGA and the studios could not come to an agreement, and the writers strike has begun. This article here is one of the best I've found for summing up the issues at the heart of the strike, and the impact it might have on your TV viewing schedule. It...