Writers Guild U.K. President Calls For Changes to Streamer Payment Terms
variety.comK.J. Yossman The president of the Writers Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), Sandi Toksvig, is set to call for changes to the way in which streamers remunerate writers.
Toksvig will speak at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Liverpool, U.K. on Wednesday, where the WGGB will propose a motion that the Congress support its efforts to bargain for a return to residuals and an end to buy-outs.
Toksvig will say companies such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney, Apple and podcast streamers such as Audible regularly require writers to sign buy-outs preventing any future residuals or remuneration and also prevents them from adapting their work in different mediums, whether as books, theatrical shows or audio content.
If the motion is passed, it could result in the issue getting attention from Britain’s politicians. The Congress will see 48 unions take part and sets the agenda for the TUC to take forward before the U.K.’s main political parties hold their party conferences this Fall.
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