My mom just emailed me this article; and I thought you guys would find it interesting too. http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/1221/Lucasfilm-settles-antitrust-case-over-wage-suppression-of-top-animators here's the gist of it:
Soooooo if I'm understanding correctly... I'll never find myself as a highly sought after digital animatior in a bidding war between Lucasfilm and Pixar for my leet skillz? lol But seriously, sounds interesting, though I'm a bit confused by the term 'anticompetitive". Somehow it sounds like any oxymoron to me.
It's so two companies get a better deal. Say for instance Casio and Yamaha agree on set prices for certain kinds of keyboards, then they're safe knowing they won't undercut eachother and they can both get high profit for their products. Lucas and Pixar agreed not to offer more money to a person to swing the candidate to…
Sad to hear about this crap. But then again, we have salary collusion with the game industry here in Montreal, so it's not like it's much better. Doubtful the Quebec government would ever step in.