XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: extravagan@frogsoup.xelon.com   
      
   Anim8rFSK wrote:   
   > You'd think the writers wouldn't be so quick to screw other writers,   
   > but, no honor among thieves I guess.  Also, don't forget they're double   
   > dipping; now THEY get the residuals for the 'new' character just by   
   > changing one tiny item.   
      
   > I'd love to see some hard numbers on this stuff.  I recall, decades ago,   
   > James Garner complaining about the amount they paid to one of the   
   > credited co-creators of the series, who wasn't involved after the pilot,   
   > 'cause Garner thought that money could be better spent on producing the   
   > show.  And the article said it was some huge figure, like $25k a week.   
      
   This kind of nonsense is why so-called "intellectual property" law needs   
   to go the way of the dinosaur.   
      
   Especially when, as here, it actually interferes with production and   
   motivates creative changes and otherwise pollutes the output.   
      
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