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Originally Posted by GatorB
Because they were paid to ACT. They acted, they got paid. Nuff said.
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So if you work your ass off promoting a sponsor that offers recurring payout then after a couple of months you decide to not promote them anymore (for whatever reason) should you then forfeit the rebills you have already sent? You aren't actively working with them anymore and you are doing nothing on behalf of that site so why should you continue to get paid?
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Tough shit. It's call life. Harrison ford was a struggling actor that did carpentry between acting gigs. In fact he was offered more money as a carpenter than to do Star Wars. He took a chance and it paid off. Once again the failure to keep steady employment in your desired profession doesn't mean you deserve to keep getting paid.
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Harrison Ford, like a lot of other actors took a chance. Unlike most he found success. I'm not saying anyone and everyone who ever stepped in front of a camera should be paid millions and get recurring income for life. I am saying that if the studio continues to sell the product you are in over and over again it is not unreasonable to ask for some kind of recurring income from it. It is like a business partnership.
Here is an example. There was a movie called The Blair Witch Project several years back. they made the money with almost no budget. The actors worked for free. They were promised, via contract, that if the movie got sold and got major distribution they would get SAG rates. So they took the chance because the potential payoff was there. And it worked. The movie got a big distribution deal and did very well at the box office and they benefited financially from it. Without the SAG agreement they would have had to cut a deal with the producers and hope the new studio that bought and distributed them movie would have honored that deal. In the end none of them have had big careers. They have been in a few things, but they are not making millions and are far from big stars, but they still were rewarded for the risk they took with the unknown movie. I don't think that is unfair.
I see it as a business. If I go to work for a startup company I am taking a risk. Sure, I could keep my regular steady job and all would be find. But by going to the startup I am offered the chance to get in on the ground floor of something and it could benefit me financially down the road. I am willing to take a risk in exchange for a potential payoff if the business succeeds. If I am acting in a movie I am an major part of that movie and its potential success so I don't see why I shouldn't be compensated accordingly if the movie succeeds.