RTFA: http://www.cnbc.com/id/18784033

The Writers Guild of America warned the movie studios and TV networks that they’re going to persist with demands for a bigger cut of new-media revenues.

The WGA put out its 25-item “pattern of demands,” which emphasize that writers must be compensated appropriately when their work is played on digital platforms like the internet or cell phones. That includes work created specifically for those new platforms, or content created for traditional media and repurposed for the new media world.

What’s up for grabs are “residuals,” payments that writers get when a movie they wrote is re-aired on TV, or when a TV show goes into syndication.

It’s hard for me to believe this will hurt the quality of TV.