@feld @Cameo It's only "crazy" because you've been told your entire life that a system in which you sell your rights to yourself, your work, your everything for a flat fee week after week after week is the only way to do things.
Friends has been constantly aired for decades. Why wouldn't the people involved still get paid? Do you think Stephen King shouldn't get paid for every copy of The Shining sold?
Without residuals, there are no working creatives. End of story.