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- ↑ Navigating The "Pay Or Play" Minefield Archived 2008-09-07 at the Wayback Machine , The Business Of Film October 1997.
- ↑ Appleton, Dina (12 June 2008). "What Does 'Pay or Play' Really Mean?". www.backstage.com. Backstage. Retrieved 15 October 2020.