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[quote=Anonymous]I think the studios really thought they could break the strike by waiting them out, but didn't count on the fact that writers AND other unions (including SAG, DGA, and some of the trade unions) would unite behind the idea that capitulating on two main issues -- streaming royalties and AI -- would make their jobs pointless anyway.

If they were just arguing over traditional royalties and maybe some working conditions, I think the whole thing would be over because you just find the number in the middle everyone can agree to and there's some push-pull on other things but a middle ground is reachable.

But the studios haver reached a point where they believer their future as viable businesses can be premised on using streaming platforms to essential hide the value of creative people, and thus pay them paeanuts (if you don't know how successful your show or movies was, it's hard to argue should be paid more -- it's a black box) and this pie-in-the-sky idea that they will be able to just manufacture entertainment using AI, and not even need to pay writers and actors and set dressers and costumers and other creatives anymore at all.

With that premise, writers (and others) rightfully believe they are fighting for their right to exist at all. It's not just "we want x percent of streaming revenues and also a ban on mini-rooms that make it hard for even staffed writers to eek out a living." It's "we would like to be a part of the future of this business, thanks."

I think studios have way overplayed their hand because I think many of the people who run them are soulless idiots who actually think an AI-produced Marvel-like franchise will satisfy audiences forever and no one will miss the involvement of actual human beings. But we'll see.[/quote]

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