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TV News: Deal sets residual formula for paid downloads -- They got jurisdiction over all but the most low-end Internet production. They got a toehold in Internet streaming that could prove lucrative for popular skeins. And most significantly, they made a big leap on an issue that's been a sore spot for decades for directors and writers by securing a residual formula for paid downloads based on distributors' gross, rather than the hated producers' gross formula that has long been applied to homevideo.

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