The Rise and Fall of Residuals

The last time writers and actors went on strike together was 1960 it was 63 years ago And what we wanted that negotiation was this thing called residuals. The residual payment as it was then and mostly still is today is that when Something that we make that you know, we create as the original artists who created the work. Every time that airs we receive a percentage of the profit or we receive we receive a payment So it's not it's not technically apercentage of the profit. It's uh, uh,uh, it it's you know We receive a payment every single time it airs. Now $25,000 I'm not getting rich off of that, but that's like,