On Jan 12, 2008, at 2:16 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote:
>
>
>> So called "intellectual property" is a unique product.
>
> I guess you're pressing for my personal opinion, which you
> (incorrectly)
> think I expressed in my earlier message as "Yay! Corporations are
> great!" ... My personal position is that 99.9% of TV is crap
> anyway, and
> I have a TV only really to watch movies, and I don't even really watch
> that many. If the WGA thinks they can get more money out of Big
> Media,
> more power to 'em. I really don't give a hoot one way or the
> other, and
> I'm not bothered by the fact that there is a lot "less TV" during the
> strike; I'm not even particularly bothered that non-union folks are
> out
> of work because of it. My lack of a strong opinion one way or another
> is probably more a reflection of my own cynical approach to the
> value of
> intellectual property: most of it is worthless or soon will be.
>
> I feel that the amount of time and effort that has been spent on this
> issue is out of proportion to it's position in my world. If I thought
> about it, I could engage you on multiple points of multiple topics in
> your long, probably well-intentioned and -considered message about all
> the Issues At Hand. But really, it's a beautiul day out and I'm going
> to go enjoy it.
>
> Maybe that makes me some kind of Corporate Tool, but really I think it
> just makes me someone who really doesn't give a flying fuck about TV.
> The WGA being on strike means as much to me as when the baseball union
> was on strike; but that doesn't mean that I'm anti-union; and I don't
> think it means I'm pro-media-consolidation.
>
> /jordan
>
Jordan -- you are forgetting one very big part. The PRODUCERS who left the table and said they'd be back in June KNOW that there will be HUGE profits to be made on the internet otherwise they would not be fighting so hard to keep them for themselves. Now it sounds like you just don't give a damn. So how can you even relate to a worker's consciousness then?
I know some of these writers and directors. I see them at the dog park most every day. They are concerned that their strike is hurting other workers but they know the enemy are the producers. This is the 5th writers' strike since the 70s. They are usually in the Vanguard.
Marta