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Originally Posted by Deputy Chief Command
its a hard sell . .
I work 8 hours . .I get paid for ever ? fuck that !
good for me ! I be getting paid till forever .. but .. face it . . I only did 8 hours of work . .
music and movies are making too much for what it is
look at an actors pay . . look at a musicians pay .. .
yeah I know you want new mercedes benz . .yeah I know you want a house in the south of france
fuck you . .
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This is the dumbest argument you can make about this idea.
First of let's say an actor works on a movie. They get paid a salary for being on the movie then they get a smaller residual when it is shown on TV, sold on DVD and pay per view ect. They may or may not get profit share. So sure, they only worked 6-8 weeks on this movie and are now going to get paid forever. Most actors, even popular ones, are only in 1-2 movies a year. So it is not like a regular job. They may go months, if not years without getting another paying gig and the amount they make on past projects goes down every year as the project gets less and less attention.
The same can go for musicians. They make an album and do a tour and then when that is over it may be a while until they do anything else. The band might break up, they might get dumped from the label. Again, it is not like a regular job where you show up for 40 hours a week and collect a paycheck so you get what you can while you can.
These people get paid what they do because they earn it. If you are an actor and your movies all flop, you won't be able to demand much of a salary and you stop working. If your movies are hits you can get more because people are willing to pay to see your movies. There is no law that says you have to go see a movie or buy a CD or watch a TV show. You are free to not do any of them. But millions of people do choose to go to the movies and buy DVDs and CDs.
Say for example you wrote a movie and sold it. You are an unknown so you didn't get much for it. The movie ends up getting made and released and got great reviews and was a huge box office hit. So your agent comes to you and tells you that they can get you 2 million dollars for you next script because you are now hot and people want to work with you. Are you saying you would turn it down and tell them, "No, movies cost too much and we get overpaid. I'll just take $15 an hour for every hour I worked on the script." I think we both know the answer to the question.