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Circumvention Through Hollywood Accounting 7 Aug 2013 | 09:07 pm
Our feasibility study concluded that the best way to discipline visual effects subsidies is to use existing trade laws to implement a countervailing duty (CVD). This duty would be a tariff that US stu...
DD’s Shady Deal & Forming The Trade Organization 1 Aug 2013 | 08:31 pm
Last Friday night news came through of a new owner taking over Digital Domain. Variety’s David S. Cohen has an excellent report on this bizarre deal. Digital Domain’s new CEO is an investment banker ...
India’s Crest Animation Goes Down Leaving Artists Unpaid 22 Jul 2013 | 01:19 pm
So within the last year we've seen Indian #vfx companies take some huge hits. I predicted this a few years ago: vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/the…— VFX Soldier (@VFXSoldier) July 18, 2013 That ...
Siggraph Q&A With VFX Subsidy Law Firm 16 Jul 2013 | 09:19 pm
FXGuide’s Jeff Heusser conducted an interview with PKR attorney David Yocis. You can listen to it here. They go over last week’s release of the feasibility study which is their prescription on how to ...
Legal Recommendations On VFX Subsidies 11 Jul 2013 | 06:27 pm
This may be one of my most important posts. For years I’ve written about the harm caused by subsidies for visual effects and how many good companies have been put out of business and how many good peo...
VFX Subsidy Study To Be Released Next Week 3 Jul 2013 | 10:52 am
I’ve received the final draft from our counsel on their recommendations pertaining to the feasibility of challenging subsidies in the VFX industry. I am looking to release the study next week after th...
VFX Townhall – IATSE 25 Jun 2013 | 10:20 am
The latest in the VFX Townhall offerings comes tomorrow where the grass-roots organization is helping to facilitate another discussion. In this meeting, the conversation will center around the IATSE....
Digital Domain & Vancouver 19 Jun 2013 | 11:33 am
A few years ago before this blog started, the narrative presented by many in the media about the VFX industry was that it was suffering the same fate as companies that were outsourcing all the work to...
More VFX Pros Go Unpaid In Montreal Screwjob 13 Jun 2013 | 11:09 am
I’ve been on hiatus from the blog but my goodness there has been so much to talk about. Thankfully many of you have been driving the conversation. One of those people is Dave Rand who came out of nowh...
Animation Fraud In India 21 May 2013 | 09:59 am
Last year I posted about exploitation of workers at Prime Focus in India. Well now things are starting to snowball with demonstrations and a Facebook page dedicated to exposing expensive VFX and Anima...
