>>>>>>http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110707/03264014993/riaa-accounting-how-to-sell-1-million-albums-still-owe-500000.shtml
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>>>>>The movie business operates the same way. You can do boffo box office, a certifiable hit, and by the time the accountants are done with it it lost money.
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>>>>Not necessarily. That only happens when the actors or writers have contracted for a percentage of the profits.
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>>>No, that's not the only time it happens. Of course the studios are more motivated to monkey with the numbers when someone is in line for a %.
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>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting
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>>Guess I should have used a smilie.
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>>BTW, I was at the Jays game last night (the 14th). What a fun game! Unfortunately, Bautista got hurt, but 16-7 Jays. What a hoot!
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>Gotta love a 16-7 game. Bartolo Colon, phone home....

And then today, once again, the Jays, after scoring 23 runs in the previous 2 games, manage 1 run for Ricky Romero to drop him into another loss. They're doing to Ricky this year what they did to Doc when he was here - "Hey man, we got you a run. What more do you want?" Over Romero's 9 losses, the Jays have gotten him something like 12 runs.