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Residuals Are Key to Nearly Every Strike in Hollywood History. Here’s Why

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Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer What would it take to get a fair residual in streaming? That is the question at the heart of both the Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

It’s also a deep question, with roots in the history of technology and its impact on labor going back nearly a century. Residuals are, now and always, the product of a struggle.

In the simplest terms, they are the payments that artists receive for reuse of their work. Unique to the entertainment industry, they are calculated through obscure and mysterious formulas.

When a green envelope arrives in a writer’s mailbox, she often has no idea how many zeros will be on the check. Residuals are also fiercely defended.

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