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Re: filmscanners: Importance of Copyright on Images
> on 9/9/01 7:42 PM, Todd Flashner at tflash@earthlink.net wrote:
>
>>> But is it really
>>> ethical to do work just once, and then expect to be paid for it forever?
>>> Nobody
>>> else has that privilege.
>
> I sure do! If I write a movie and get 5% of producer's net, I get it
> forever. Of course 5% of producer's net is **** all, since movie accounting
> is specifically designed to make sure the movie makes no profit while making
> the producer and the studio extremely rich (which is why my 5% is known as
> 'monkey points') but the point remains.
Johnny Baby, I know you did it inadvertently, but I must set the record
straight. That ignorance certainly did not come from ME!
Todd Flashner
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