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    The document discusses concerns for international writers in the streaming market including establishing common rights for creators, ensuring compensation through minimum rates and residuals, providing realistic working conditions such as reasonable deadlines and staffing, supporting writer development through training and apprenticeship programs, and protecting writers through collective bargaining and fair freelance opportunities.

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    The document discusses concerns for international writers in the streaming market including establishing common rights for creators, ensuring compensation through minimum rates and residuals, providing realistic working conditions such as reasonable deadlines and staffing, supporting writer development through training and apprenticeship programs, and protecting writers through collective bargaining and fair freelance opportunities.

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    INTERNATIONAL WRITER CONCERNS

    Need for “Common Rights” as writers in streaming market


    - Separated Rights (i.e. creator keeps film/TV rights separate from theater, novel, etc.)
    - RoyalKes, residuals

    CompensaKon
    - What is a living wage in your territory?
    - How do you judge?
    - Set minimum rates for scripts, bibles, pitches, re-writes?
    - Credits for copyright and royalKes

    Working CondiKons
    - RealisKc deadlines
    - Staffing – wriKng rooms, collaboraKons (especially co-prods)
    - Quotas (by naKonality, financing)

    Writer Development
    - Ladder to rise up in experience (i.e. wriKng staff)
    - ConKnued training (i.e. going to set, business and craW classes)
    - Agent or manager representaKon
    - “ApprenKceship” system – paid internship, assistants, development readers
    - WriKng workshops, conferences, mentorships

    ProtecKon of Writers
    - CollecKve Bargaining via union or other organizaKon?
    - Fair freelance assignment opportuniKes

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