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

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[–] [email protected] 112 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (46 children)

I'm a former musician and record label employee who's been screaming "told you so" for years. I stopped paying attention to the pittance I get in streaming revenue because it impacts my life that little.

I hope the writers get what they're owed, but don't hold your fucking breath

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (43 children)

I don't get any money from the systems I setup at work as an IT worker years ago, even if they are used every day in perpetuity and make the company billions.

Where's my income in perpetuity for creative problem solving?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It should be in your bank account instead of the pockets of investors that do 0 work and generate 0 value

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Exactly. That person should unionize themselves and get that money back instead of complain that others might have a living wage.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If investors do 0 work and generate 0 value, why are they included at all?

Writers and actors should cut out investors and make their content independently. If they need money, they could borrow some under the condition that they share the profits if their content makes money. Wait a second...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sounds an awful lot like Nebula.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's almost like there are multiple independent streaming services doing just this but without the vc money!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok… but then why would they pay to have it done in the first place?

I’ve solved issues that have saved transit riders hundreds of thousands of hours of time… but so have other people. I don’t know how such an accounting of the return for investment I made would work.

When my solutions stop working as well, due to misc design/need drift, how do we decide how much I lose and the next me gets?.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

They wouldn't, that's the problem

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