Actors, Studios Battle Over The Smallest Screen

” How much should actors get paid for appearing on iPod screens instead of television? The [Screen Actors Guild] maintains that studios should pay actors for digital content. Studio bosses, saying that Webisodes are promotional material, want actors to appear for less than their usual fee… Actors still regret agreeing to a low pay scale during the advent of VHS; they have been stuck with the same rate since the 1980s.”