Posts by nzlemming
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Don't blame the left, Sacha. I'm pretty sure that's only Brendon's fevered imagination.
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They didn't THREATEN a boycott, they IMPOSED a boycott.
Well spotted. I sit corrected.
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Or, of course there's OCROnline.com which will do that for you. Very simple and reasonably accurate.
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most PDF reader software just has a text selecting tool that lets you copy and paste
If there's any text. Sounds to me like Graham has a PDF of scanned images of the original (or a photocopy thereof), in which case there is nothing textual to be copied.
Graham, if you email it to me (link to the left, there), I can do OCR magic on it and pop it online for you.
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Dear Brendon
I suggest you bugger off back to the Standard, where cant is accepted as currency. It cuts no ice here and attracts the derision it deserves.
Luv and kisses
Mark
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This dissatisfaction is why NZ Equity opted to join the MEAA.
Not how I remember it. IIRC NZAE was bouncing around in the no man's land of industrial relations because they couldn't muster enough members to be registered as a union, so the CTU initiated discussions with MEAA (not sure about that, but Peter Cranney's participation indicates CTU involvement at that point)
The way it was portrayed to me at the time, by someone trying to recruit me, was that the MEAA had offered NZAE the option of becoming a part of them. I never heard that NZAE had initiated the contact.
Mind you, I'd also heard that one of the reasons actors were pissed off is that what little there was of NZAE activities was dominated by actors' agents, so there you go.
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They may, but I shall refrain suspending respiration until that occurs...
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@jonathan
Technically, MEAA(NZ)I (let's call the spade what it actually is) did not threaten a boycott.They just asked their friends around the world to threaten a boycott...
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Wonder if they paid any royalties to use it...
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Canadian Equity reports that:
**Member Advisory - The Hobbit**
On the advice of our sister union New Zealand Actors Equity (NZ Equity), Equity members may now accept engagements on the feature film production The Hobbit.ACTRA (Canada's Association of Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) also tells their members:
ACTRA Members now permitted to work on The Hobbit
October 21st, 2010 - Toronto – On the advice of our sister union, New Zealand Actors Equity (NZ Equity), ACTRA is now allowing its members to accept engagements on the feature film production The Hobbit. </quote>SAG also have a notice:
**SAG MEMBERS MAY ACCEPT ENGAGEMENTS ON THE “THE HOBBIT”**
Today, our sister union, New Zealand Actors Equity (NZ Equity) recommended that all international performers’ unions withdraw their advisories prohibiting members from accepting engagements on the feature film production The Hobbit.In light of this recommendation, Screen Actors Guild is notifying you that SAG members may now accept engagements, under Screen Actors Guild contract terms and conditions, on The Hobbit.
AFTRA likewise have an advisory:
**Do Not Work Notice for 'The Hobbit' Lifted**
AFTRA Members May Now Accept Work on 'The Hobbit'NZ Actors' Equity today recommended that the international performer unions of FIA withdraw their respective member advisories prohibiting members from accepting employment on the theatrical motion picture "The Hobbit."
In light of this advisory and the recommendation from NZ Actors' Equity, AFTRA hereby notifies all members that they may now accept employment on "The Hobbit," under Screen Actors Guild contract terms and conditions.
We thank you for your show of solidarity with our international brothers and sisters.
Actors Equity US (how many unions do these people need???) has a message deep on it's "Do not work" page:
AEA Rescinds Hobbit 4As Do Not Work Order
On October 20, 2010, NZ Actors' Equity recommended that the international performer unions of FIA withdraw their respective member advisories prohibiting members from accepting employment on the theatrical motion picture "The Hobbit."
In light of this advisory and the recommendation from NZ Actors' Equity, Actors' Equity hereby notifies all members that they may now accept employment on "The Hobbit," under Screen Actors Guild contract terms and conditions.
Thank you for your show of solidarity with our international brothers and sisters.
Actor's Equity UK still has the old message and the MEAA has the Update newsletter they released last Thursday, where the relevant para about the ban being lifted is number 10, amidst lots of spin which seems to say "we didn't fuck this up, really we didn't!"
Just FYI y'all