[Tig] Short blurb in Variety re: writer's strike on post houses

[Michael Bittle]

playing the curmudgeonly devil's advocate:

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On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:59 AM, Anders Uhl wrote:

> <snip>  Without that, very
> few people could afford to work those jobs.

Of course, then there would be fewer people doing the jobs creating  
higher demand and higher wages for those who do work.  Or, a whole  
bunch of new people eager to work for less will enter the business,  
quality would (might) suffer, but perhaps the kids watching video on  
iPods and cell phones during class don't care. In the days of yore  
guilds could control supply to a great extent by controlling the  
knowledge.  Those days are gone.  Every Mall Jr. College offers  
courses for any wide-eyed would be creative type. Apprenticeship is  
no longer required.  The computer can do anything, therefore anyone  
with a computer and do anything.

>
> <snip>  with multinational corporations who can hardly be
> tickled by a strike, much less paralyzed.

There financial performance will probably improve during the period,  
which makes Wall Street happy, which make the senior execs happy.

Applying old business models to new realities is a fool's errand that  
both sides are guilty of.

This could last  while.

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Mike