I have to admit if I found out Kripke didn't join, I'd lose some respect for him. I really think the writers deserve support on this issue because the last time they listened to the studios saying "we need to wait and see how this goes" pm a ne technology they got cheated out of a decent deal on recorded media(at the time VHS which in turn turned into DVDs which are an even much bigger market). They'd be idiots to fall for the same line this time, especially when they showed they were willing to give up their request for a larger percentage on DVD's and the studios still said, at the very last minute, "nope still not giving you anything."