Have you never negotiated anything? This isn&#x27;t blackmail. He&#x27;s leveraging an asset (his talents) for compensation. If Netflix is negotiating licensing rights to a movie and the owner of the rights says &quot;We want more money or we won&#x27;t license this to you.&quot; that&#x27;s not blackmail. It&#x27;s negotiating a deal. In this case the guy is saying &quot;I want more money or I won&#x27;t work for you any more.&quot;<p>It is absolutely the correct call. He was being taken advantage of. He used his only point of leverage to get a fairer deal.