Neither producers nor movie or television studios should shoulder the blame for the writer’s strike that has brought the film and television industries to a grinding halt since early November.

Instead of blaming and accusing the opposing party for being greedy, all parties involved should be trying to find resolutions which will satisfy everyone.

The issue at hand is money, of course, and understandably, the writers want their fair share of the profits that are made from DVD and Internet sales.

However, it’s not that simple.

In an article that was posted on www.cbs.news, Jim Kennedy, spokesman for the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, explains the underlining reasons behind the strike.

“While the Internet’s been around for ten years, we’re all still exploring the market,” Kennedy said.

“It’s not an automatic gold mine. There’s great potential there, but unless we work in partnership to find it, find our way together, we can’t truly exploit it.”

There is no denying that the writers are entitled to what they are asking for, but it takes time to develop a pay formula that will be fair to everyone.

Although the majority of the population may support the writers in their battle, many people would not be willing to pay for downloading movies from the Internet to make the writers happy.

In addition, many A-list actors claim to pledge their undying allegiance to the cause of the writer, but not one multi-million dollar actor or actress has expressed a willingness to take a small cut in pay to illustrate his or her loyalty.

It is clear that the writer’s strike has had a huge impact on the entertainment industry, but it hasn’t been to the severity that the last writer’s strike was in 1988.

With the boom in reality and unscripted television, people are not rushing to show their solidarity to the writers by turning their televisions off.

Every day that a new script goes unfinished and the networks are forced to show reruns, producers and production companies are losing money in a big way.

If an agreement was to be reached, and the strike came to an end tomorrow, the writers would be welcomed back with open arms by the producers and the production companies.

The writers have to understand that the enemy who they are fighting against is not who they think.

If they want someone or something to blame, then blame the new entertainment mediums that people want to keep using for free.