Netflix pays ongoing residuals. These aren't secret agreements, you can find good overviews from the guilds and even read the legalese. The WGA's explanation [1

Netflix pays ongoing residuals. These aren't secret agreements, you can find good overviews from the guilds and even read the legalese. The WGA's explanation [1] for example is very clear, and it's been discussed at length over the years on the Scriptnotes podcast [2] (both hosts have been WGA board members and directly involved in strikes and collective bargaining). > My bad for forgetting that people on HN like to miss the forest for the trees. Yeah no. You were wrong. Suck it up instead of being passive-aggressive insulting. Your argument was based on the claim that Netflix "does not pay residuals", which isn't true. It wasn't true as initially written, and it still isn't true rewritten as "ongoing royalties". Netflix pays yearly residuals for as long as they keep something on their platform. Being wrong isn't a big deal, unless you inexplicably double down on it and start insulting people. 1. https://www.wga.org/members/finances/residuals/hbsvod-programs https://www.wga.org/members/finances/residuals/hbsvod-progra... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptnotes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scriptnotes