'Suits' Was Streamed For 3 Billion Minutes on Netflix and the Writers Were Collectively Paid $3,000 - eviltoast

The sorry state of streaming residuals shows why SAG and the WGA are striking.

  • pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    It’s different with writers, because if their contracts worked like ours did they would have no hope of retiring. So when a fat fish like Suits comes along everyone who has a hand in making it is hoping to swing that either into money or more lucrative work.

    That’s the way I’ve come to see it. Actual writers may disagree