WGAW Pressured IMDB On Writers Credits

COMMENTS (15)

• I’m sorry but the WGA should be fighting bigger battles. Like pressuring the networks to prevent further hemorrhaging of writers from staffs.

  A below-the-line acknowledgment on a website is not nearly as insulting as the increasing unemployment writers see daily in this town.

  Comment by Advocate — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 2:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Sadly this is the WGA’s biggest victory of the decade.

  Comment by WGA Member — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 3:01pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Advocate, I can’t fault the Guild for fighting any battle where writers’ contributions are marginalized, even if it’s only IMDB credits.

  That being said, I agree that the Guild should get into the issue of shrinking writing staffs immediately.

  Comment by Skull Leader — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 3:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Still confused, because at the time everyone was spazzing over this, I was staring right at listing after listing after listing after listing that had the writers up top still.

  Comment by The One True b!X — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 3:13pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If it is NOT about making writers more money or protecting their benefits, the WGA is there for you.

  Comment by ReelBusy — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 3:30pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I for one, was happy to see this latest outrage over imdb’s lack of accuracy in it’s postings. It brought needed attention to the site’s casual attitude to those of us who are affected by it’s postings. I would like to see the DGA,SAG, and the WGAW and WGAE demand that those of us whose livlihood is directly impacted by their site, could have some say over how we are allowed to add/delete credits, and that we be able to remove incorrect information. As one poster wrote on the earlier thread, they walk into most meetings with their resume from imdb printed out and in the hands of their prospective employer. We need more ability to make sure they are accurate over our work.
  We need to ban together to do this, or at least someone start up another site we can all jump to!

  Comment by sagmember — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 4:05pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Me too, b!X. Me too.

  Comment by Leeroy — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 4:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Is the recession over?

  Logic-deficient employees prone to absurd errors in judgement have paying jobs at imdb/amazon.

  Considering the current unemployment rate, the fact that a handful of idiots are actually paid to brainstorm and implement staggeringly tone deaf format changes must mean business is good.

  Otherwise why not eliminate their positions?

  Comment by imdb is recession proof — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 5:41pm PDT  Reply to this post

• IMDB has reps?

  Considering their “help desk” is one of the worst customer service institutions online, I’m stunned anyone could get a human to speak for the company.

  Comment by Ryan S — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 6:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• But Nikki, I thought the power of your website made them change back.

  Fixed as it should be.

  Comment by MuchBetter — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 8:15pm PDT  Reply to this post

• This was an issue that Nikki and her blog could have taken care of without the WGA.

  The WGA should be focussing on the many, many issue facing members which have not been appropriately addressed.

  Comment by Charlotte A. Cavatica — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 9:25pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Glad that the WGA got involved, but as another posted said, they don’t do nearly enough for writers. Why is it that the WGA is so utterly powerless when, without the writers, there are no movies except documentaries? We are underpaid, underappreciated and undervalued at every step of the filmmaking process.

  Comment by ballard — Thursday July 2, 2009 @ 11:04pm PDT  Reply to this post

• A victory is a victory. Let’s just take it, all right? The WGA is accomplishing one of its major objectives – promoting the importance of writers.

  Now we’ll get on with more important issues – like killing reality television.

  Comment by JD — Friday July 3, 2009 @ 12:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• “Revert back” is redundant.

  Comment by Michael Johnson — Friday July 3, 2009 @ 9:33am PDT  Reply to this post

• well said, JD. people are going to gripe about the wga regardless of what they do or don’t do. I for one am glad they did something, although it seems this blog did as well.

  Comment by cookmeyer1970 — Friday July 3, 2009 @ 11:27am PDT  Reply to this post