While it is true that it’s not fare for the networks to hoard the profit from the internet distribution, I can’t help to ask- What profit? I know that Apple is selling TV shows for a ridiculous price, and that some networks offer a premium web streaming service, but considering the cost it takes to maintain Video Streaming, most of the online distribution of the shows, do not turn a profit for the networks.

Now the key word here, is “most”. There are, however, a few shows that do pull a profit, and end up supporting the shows that just “make it by”. And it is the writers from shows like these, who are wanting their cut. This is, of course, not wrong and in a capitalistic society, a natural thing to request.

The problem in this strike, arises from the fact that this “pay raise” has and continues to cripple the industry as a whole, with related businesses (catering, props, film stages, etc…) closing down do to the lack of work. Many people have also lost their sympathy for the writers, with their popular shows getting canceled, due to this strike.

So what has this strike brought the industry? More cash to writers who are already rich from the money they make from their popular shows? Maybe… But when it come time to film again and the industry wakes up to the hard fact that they can’t film because the actors, catering services, prop rental companies, etc. have either gone out of business or have found a new job, I wonder how much sympathy people will has for these writers.

And by paying royalties to all internet renditions of their show, I wonder how the public will react to having to accept a price hike for a online video, to cover this cost.

Just my two cents