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...cents for each $1.99 download, with actors receiving about half of that, and the Writers Guild of America, which represents scriptwriters, says their residual amounts to less than half a cent. For its part, ABC states that its contract allows the network to pay unions for downloads based upon previously agreed rates covering VHS videotape sales, a position that SAG and WGA leaders naturally object to. The industry powerhouses are expected to face off in arbitration, but talks could linger into the next year or so when the unions' current contracts run out. If things really heat up, it could...
...security and in shoring up Social Security? I am no expert, but it would be nice to hear that debate from those who are. Jules Kopel-Bailey Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. Iraq is a strategically important country in the Middle East, a region whose resources the whole world depends upon and one that is rife with ruthless dictatorships that spawn much of the world's terrorist activity. So was the war worth it? That depends. Is human freedom worth it? Garry Chapman Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. Your "wide array of experts and thinkers" was largely characterized by hand-wringing, worrywart...
...Austria - approached high schools and community colleges in the Charlotte area to develop Apprenticeship 2000, a four-year program for students interested in technical careers. The participants, who are recruited as 11th-graders and must maintain a 2.5 grade-point average, get paid to attend community college and, upon completing the apprenticeship, are guaranteed a job offer but are not obligated to accept it. Starting salaries are generally between...
...Italian politics is built upon a never-ending supply of ironies. And so it was in the wee hours of Tuesday morning, with Berlusconi in a razor-tight battle for reelection against Romano Prodi, that his center-left opponents used their own familiarity with recent American political history-along with help from Berlusconi?s own TV network-to try to seal their victory, and send the billionaire packing...
...some things you can do and take exception to.”In other words, it’s a gut judgment, dependent on the situation, but firmly rooted in the customs and courtesies of the sport.* * *While still mulling the direction of this column, I happened upon Rick Reilly’s piece in this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated. Aptly enough, Reilly chose to write about the unwritten rules of sports. Several of the dicta that he goes on to enumerate, including one about stealing when owning a late lead in a baseball game, struck...