The 1990 DGA Basic Agreement, FLTTA and Network Contracts are negotiated a full four months prior to the expiration of the 1987 Agreement, avoiding an industry production slowdown. DGA reaches settlement with studios over sharing of foreign levies revenue, ensuring members share in monies collected in foreign territories. The Artists Rights Foundation is created with initial donations from the Getty Foundation, Steven Spielberg and Fred Zinnemann with the mission to continue the fight to protect artists’ works throughout the world.