> ... and whichever VFX company does that will probably never get another studio contract again.
The whole point of an union* is to give the participants the option to fight against such problems they couldn't solve alone, because "together we are strong" - "so, you don't give me an contract, because I did use my rights? Congratulations, you are now part of the unions black list, i.e. no more work from our industry for your studio. Good luck making your films without VFX."
> The same with software, any company can hire programmers overseas and just import the source code (git clone) and how is any govt supposed to tax that?
How do we manage to check copyright violations? Yeah, badly, I know. But that is just a variant of this problem, so it is solvable, but not easy. For movies, it is easy: Force the companies to declare exactly where which part of a movie was produced and tax accordingly.
* Note: I have no idea if an union would really be a good idea. The unions I know of are .. less than perfect. This is all just "in theory it would be ..."
The whole point of an union* is to give the participants the option to fight against such problems they couldn't solve alone, because "together we are strong" - "so, you don't give me an contract, because I did use my rights? Congratulations, you are now part of the unions black list, i.e. no more work from our industry for your studio. Good luck making your films without VFX."
> The same with software, any company can hire programmers overseas and just import the source code (git clone) and how is any govt supposed to tax that?
How do we manage to check copyright violations? Yeah, badly, I know. But that is just a variant of this problem, so it is solvable, but not easy. For movies, it is easy: Force the companies to declare exactly where which part of a movie was produced and tax accordingly.
* Note: I have no idea if an union would really be a good idea. The unions I know of are .. less than perfect. This is all just "in theory it would be ..."