ATTN JMS: VHS/DVD and residuals

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From: "Ryan Pearman" <pearman at uiuc.edu>
Date: 6 Oct 2000 06:53:47 -0700
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Not sure if this has been asked before, but the discussion of B5 and the DVD
distribution ideas got me thinking....

What, if any, money do you and/or the actors see from video sales?  IIRC
this sort of marketing (or lack thereof) revenue really honked off the
original Star Trek cast.  I assume there is some standard contract which
deals with this stuff now.

    --Ryan

--
"It changed the future
 ...and it changed us.
It taught us that we have to create the future
 ...or others will do it for us.
It showed us that we have to care for one another
 ...because if we don't, who will?
And that true strength sometimes comes from the most unlikely places.
Mostly, though, I think it gave us hope
 ...that there can always be new beginnings.
Even for people like us."

Susan Ivanova



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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
Date: 6 Oct 2000 16:26:55 -0700
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>What, if any, money do you and/or the actors see from video sales?  IIRC
>this sort of marketing (or lack thereof) revenue really honked off the
>original Star Trek cast.  I assume there is some standard contract which
>deals with this stuff now.

Unfortunately, when the videotape biz was just gearing up, our lovely Writers
Guild of America didn't think it would be of much interest, and basically gave
away our rights in this area.  I think it's something like one percent of the
net, which comes out to pennies.  Literally.  

If I were to add up all the money I've gotten off all the shows I've written
that have been releaed on casette or laserdisk, it would be somewhat less than
a grand.

 jms

(jmsatb5 at aol.com)
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