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Re: It's All About Control (was: Re: Possession)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:06:13 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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I don’t think I mentioned the gov’t takig over the entertainment industry--I
was talking about people getting paid what they’re worth, or what their
product is worth.
Paying Arnold 20 mil to star in a movie that makes 15 mil in total isn’t the
best idea.
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Dude, that is 20/20 hindsight. What about paying Arnold 20 mil when the film
grosses $200 mil?
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Now there are those that say, “Well, if the studio’s willing to
pay out these 20 mil+ to actors to star in any film, then that’s the studio’s
decision.” I agree, to a point.
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Ahhh, at what point is that? Government intervention? Think it through.
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But I’d *like* to see people getting paid
what they’re worth, and in entertainment--which is almost the purest form of
democracy--people talk with the money they pay for what they want to
see/hear/read, etc...
Anyway, it was *just* a point of discussion, John, and I didn’t bring the
gov’t into it.
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I realize that, Dave, but how else can anything get “implemented”? Only a
government can exert such control over a given industry.
As far as people getting paid their “worth”, everybody gets paid what they are
worth. That is the beauty of the free market. The second an actor signs a deal
for $X, that is their given worth. Their worth, though, is subject to change in
a free market...
JOHN
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote: <snip> (...) K, not the best example ever, but didn't the entertainment industry go on about 'v-chips' and warning labels on music? Of course they did it so that they wouldn't be 'regulated' into it by (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) I don't think I mentioned the gov't takig over the entertainment industry--I was talking about people getting paid what they're worth, or what their product is worth. Paying Arnold 20 mil to star in a movie that makes 15 mil in total isn't the (...) (21 years ago, 24-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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