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 Congre…
Toksvig will speak at the Trades Union Congress in Liverpool, U.K. on Wednesday, where she will propose a motion that the Congress support WGGB’s efforts to bargain for a return to residuals and an end to buy-outs., 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.
However, the writers who create the stories which appear on these platforms are not being adequately remunerated for their work. Many writers rely on royalty payments to keep afloat when they are not working. The increased use of non-collectively bargained buy-out agreements risks writing becoming a profession for only those who can afford it. As a result, the writing profession, and stories that are told will become less diverse
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