Describing the strike as "part of a larger paradigm shift," the AFI said the labor battle is part of "the ongoing digital revolution (that) has upended conventional economic models, and uncertainty abounds when attempting to project how an audience will receive its storytelling in the years to come and how creators will be paid for their work." -- The birth of the iPhone, which because of its ability to stream and download TV shows and movies is "a symbol of a public that demands its content where they want it and when they want it." -- Films such as "In the Valley of Elah," "Lions for Lambs," "Charlie Wilson's War," "Grace Is Gone," "A Mighty Heart," "The Kite Runner" and "Redacted" that responded to the war on terror.

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