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Today, after months of delays and strategizing, Strike.TV has finally launched. It's been a while since the picket lines of striking WGA writers last winter where the idea of a video portal for professional writers (read: WGA writers) could have a place to showcase their original web series while also owning the rights to all content. The idea seemed simple enough. Writers would head out and rally together resources — celebrity actor friends, camera ops, editors, etc. — calling in all the favors and waivers they could manage. ["allowfullscreen":"true","allowscriptaccess":"always","src":"http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=1981034&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00Adef&fullscreen=1"] The content was the easy part. With Hollywood on strike for two months, it seemed everyone had a little time to spare and a hand to lend. In all, some fifty web series were collected for the newly formed site, loading it up with a year's worth of star-driven series. Here are some of the web series debuting today: * Unknown Sender, written/directed...