The maturation of online video is certainly not over. The 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike that rocked the world of television was about the role the union should play in protecting the original online content of its members.
This recent impromptu interview with Tamara Krinsky, who is the WGA’s New Media Project Manager, illustrates where the WGA currently is and what challenges they and their members face in the “wild west” that is the online video space.
The WGA claims they have a working model and online media is integrated in their contracts but these will all be under review when negations start again in 2011.
Writers Guild Explores Rules for Uncharted Online Video World
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