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It isn't just them not getting money from the internet, but the writers hardly make any money off of the DVDs that contains the tv shows and movies people will continue to watch. The last time they negotiated their contracts, the production companies told the writers to not take that much money from the increasing video market (that's how long ago it was) since they needed to see how it would fare. They agreed to do that, but as the home video market too off, their share of it never increased from that low amount while the production companies made tons of money. Then DVDs came and they really aren't seeing any of that money. The production companies are saying that they need to see how the market plays out before they really know how much money they make on this "new media" like DVDs, internet airings (where they sell ads) or downloads (like Itunes). How do they not know how much money they make?

I'm a big fan of scripted television so I support the writers making money off of their work. I agree that they should be getting money off of this new media, since the money is going somewhere. Why can't they get their fair share? What money I make at my job isn't relevant to this argument since the money is already being paid when anyone forks over for a download off of Itunes or buys a tv series on DVD.