As the television-watching world continues to suffer through re-runs and a new crop of hastily concocted reality shows, Hollywood screenwriters and producers continue their standoff. The writers say they deserve additional payments for their work. The producers say they can’t afford to make those payments. From the outside, it looks like a typical labor dispute. At the center of one of the highest-profile work stoppages in years, however, sits a thorny tangle related to technology — the Internet, specifically — and how it will figure into media’s future.
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Hollywood’s Technological Gridlock
Posted by: Kimberly Hill January 22, 2008 04:00 AMAs the television-watching world continues to suffer through re-runs and a new crop of hastily concocted reality shows, Hollywood screenwriters and producers continue their standoff. The writers say they deserve additional payments for their work. The producers say they can’t afford to make those payments. From the outside, it looks like a typical labor dispute. At the center of one of the highest-profile work stoppages in years, however, sits a thorny tangle related to technology — the Internet, specifically — and how it will figure into media’s future.