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Originally posted by andViolins
Because its all about leverage. Simply walking a picket line and posting funny videos on YouTube is probably not enough to get the companies off their bargaining positions. However, if you start throwing in some public support (negative news stories, inquires from advertisers, etc.) about how the companies are being heartless and cruel to the poor writers, then you begin to change the dynamic.
aV
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Aside from the issue of advertising in the world of DVR, I don't see where they are going to go, since it's all of the producers. It's not like it's one particular TV show, or one network/film company -- advertisers are going to say, hey, you are mean to your writers; we don't want to do product placement in . . . any . . . movies anymore? And people are going to say "I'm going to stop watching television and movies because producers are mean to writers"?
It would make sense to me if it were a particular portion of the entertainment industry, but given that it's basically all filmed entertainment . . .
I guess that maybe I can see how with e.g. steelworkers striking against GM/Ford/etc., people might stop buying from them, because there are viable alternatives. But there's not nearly enough non-US content at all, let alone non-US content that is in English and appeals to Americans, for there to be any alternative.
