pluralistic, 1 year ago In the same week, 7,000 writers - even the ones who weren't getting screwed - fired their agents, and demanded a return to the 90/10 split and a ban on agencies owning studios. The agencies say nfw. The writers stayed on the picket line. There's a whole chapter on this in #ChokepointCapitalism, #RebeccaGiblin's and my book on creative labor markets and monopoly. One of our sources was #DavidGoodman, who led the strike: https://chokepointcapitalism.com/ 13/
In the same week, 7,000 writers - even the ones who weren't getting screwed - fired their agents, and demanded a return to the 90/10 split and a ban on agencies owning studios. The agencies say nfw. The writers stayed on the picket line.
There's a whole chapter on this in #ChokepointCapitalism, #RebeccaGiblin's and my book on creative labor markets and monopoly. One of our sources was #DavidGoodman, who led the strike:
https://chokepointcapitalism.com/
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