And I’m also supporting the writers because My Master says I should:
This IS a union issue, one that will affect not just artists but every member of a community that could find itself at the mercy of a machine that absolutely and unhesitatingly would dismantle every union, remove every benefit, turn every worker into a cowed wage-slave in the singular pursuit of profit. (There is a machine. Its program is ‘profit’. This is not a myth.) This is about a fair wage for our work. No different than any other union. The teamsters have recognized the importance of this strike, for which I’m deeply grateful.
Some people are talking about boycotting TV, but I don’t think that’s the right thing to do. The shows are the writers doing their job, and they should be appreciated. The problem is that the studios make their money on the advertisements, which is who we want to put pressure on. So, until this strike is settled, I will not watch one single advertisement on television. I’ve got a DVR, I’ve got some shows on DVD, and know how to, um, find other ways to get content without paying for it.
And until the studios give the writers their due, and stop considering IPTV to be “promotional,” I’m not going to be watching ads. Not that I really watched them in the first place, and not that they really work on me anyway.
Posted by: Paul in Politics
