I love a good fight

Sorry that I can't stop blogging about the strike, must be that hard on I have for the underdogs of the world. I should just leave the internet alone until it's all over. Of course, with the elections kicking into gear I'm going to have to leave the TV alone too. Sheesh, it's gonna be just me and the microwave pretty soon.

Here's some interesting quotes from one of The Office writers/producers, Greg Daniels:

“The Office is a perfect example of a show that has a vested interest in the
issues on the table. We’re one of the highest downloads on iTunes. We made a lot
of money there, and the creative people didn’t see any of it. And this is the
future of the television business. People are going to sit in front of a box
that has computer guts inside and watch their shows, and just because it’s not
called a TV, it doesn’t apply to our contract. All we’re saying is that it’s the
same thing. We’re watching the same show from our couch or from our chair on a
screen, and just ’cause it’s delivered through the Internet, we’re not [being
compensated for it].”

and

“You know, we had 7 million downloads on iTunes. We are the big draw on NBC.com.
We did webisodes before anybody did webisodes. We won the Daytime Emmy for our
webisodes. None of this stuff did we get paid for and, you know, this is the
future of TV. We’ve seen the future because we’ve kind of lived it, and so we’re
very much aware that the business model is fantastic for the companies. The ad
rates are much higher for Internet ads than they are for TV ads, because you
can’t skip ‘em. You have to watch ‘em, and they can tailor them to the
consumers. So, they’re very valuable ads.”