From the Editorial Board: Profit-sharing and AI protection are the answers to the writers and actors strike
On May 6, 2004, 52.5 million people watched a group of young friends, or “Friends,” wrap up their professional and romantic adventures.
This is the backdrop for the bitter strike, first by the Writers Guild of America and, on Friday, with the addition of the actors in the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of TV and Radio Artists. The work stoppage has ground movie and TV production to a halt in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and elsewhere.
The studios and producers point out that there are far many more shows now on which to work, but with lower top-line potential and the changes are systemic and out of their control. The striking writers and actors argue that the producers like Netflix are quietly making huge profits by paying creatives less while richly compensating their CEOs.
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