Hollywood's actors, writers and directors have been told they'll receive a far smaller slice of revenues from iPod downloads than they were hoping for. Leaders of the WGA West and East, SAG and DGA issued statements this week blasting the decision by ABC to cover downloads at the lower home video residuals rate rather than at the pay TV rate, which is four times higher.
See "Showbiz unions protest video download royaltie", Ben Fritz, Chicago Tribune, March 1, 2006