SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of ‘groundbreaking’ deal::Actors union SAG-AFTRA revealed specifics of its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers in a press conference Friday.
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Next: please protect voice actors and audiobook narrators.
The tech angle are the AI provisions? Can someone provide some context for that? Doesn’t sound like much of a win for the little guy.
The tech angle are the AI provisions?
Not really.
Internet based content streaming has created new business models that didn’t fit the way artists are paid, which resulted in artists taking a massive pay cut while still being paid the full amount they were due under union rules.
It’s also bad for viewers - ever wonder why your favourite TV series didn’t get renewed for a new contract? A big part of it is if they did another season they’d have to pay the artists a lot more than they did for previous seasons. Because artist royalties scale up as the show gets more “successful” and creating another season is one of the yardsticks.
The AI stuff added complexity to the negotiations but it wasn’t really what all this was about.
It’s likely that background actors will get a boilerplate contract stating their likeness can be ai generated for other projects and current project for the use of background. Don’t sign it, you don’t get to do it.
Everyone else should be fairly good and protected from ai issues. At least until enough starving actors are willing to sign away their rights for a chance at a better casting in hopes of “making it big”
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Actors union SAG-AFTRA revealed specifics of a new labor deal with Hollywood studios Friday that they said included groundbreaking raises, benefit increases and protections around artificial intelligence.
He said the contract includes $1 billion in new wages and benefit plan funding and a participation bonus for actors on successful streaming shows.
There are also “successful minimum compensation increases that break the so-called industry pattern and help our members keep up with the harm that’s been caused by inflation,” Crabtree-Ireland said.
Studios will have to provide informed consent for the creation of any kind of digital replica of a performer or background actor, with a specific description of the intended use, the union officials said.
The writers strike ended on September 27, making the time period between the tentative deal and ratification roughly two weeks.
Some writers were concerned about the growth of streaming, because they lost out on residuals that traditional television shows paid when they were re-run.
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“There will also be requirements for intimacy coordinators for scenes requiring nudity or stimulated sex.”
“simulated sex” - CNN typo or SAG-AFTRA contract concessions?
I’m not really feeling this sex scene.
That’s ok, we have a stimulation coordinator for that.
Call the fluffer.
