The studios say actors' and writers' fees have grown with the industry, whose expansion has come at the expense of the major networks. Fox pays actors and writers less than NBC, CBS and ABC on the theory that the smaller network is still developing. The guilds believe it is time for Fox to pay full freight. The guilds want a larger cut. Anticipating the day when movies and TV shows are shown over the Internet, the guilds want to get a fair payment plan in place, something they say they failed to do before the explosion of foreign sales and the cable industry.
Directors say writers have no right to dictate credits.
Access currently depends on the relationship between the director and writer.