SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of ‘groundbreaking’ deal
SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of landmark contract | CNN Business
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.
Fran —fucking— Drescher. The hero we didn’t know we needed.
Legend.
José also just finished a retrospective video about The Nanny, and credits her fight for SAG-AFTRA with giving him the inspiration for finally doing the video.
It will be out in a couple of days on YT, but it's available on his Patreon already (and it's a really good)
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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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 short version is that an actor's AI double, and an AI amalgam of several actors, will be treated as a proxy for the actor(s). The actor can agree or decline the use of their AI proxy based on the scene, and are compensated for use of their likeness as if they had gone in person. It's a pretty big win for actors considering studios wanted unlimited usage for a one time payment.
Must be nice being famous. Get paid for the work of the CGI people (and stunt/body/etc. doubles?), as if you were also doing something. The stars at the top can probably negotiate even better terms on their own, So I guess that this is basically a win for the mid-level guys, who do have a somewhat valuable likeness but not the negotiating power to get a good price on their own.
ETA: What's with the downvotes? Do you all disagree that the mid-level famous win from this or what?
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.
"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.
Next: please protect voice actors and audiobook narrators.
But the original voice actor, the one which was used as model for the AI voice should gain something from what is generated from his voice.
If they decide to put their voice as royalty free, fine, but if it is something who paid their bills by making recordings of their voice, not fine.
I don't mind different voices, but books with sound effects are hot trash. If I want to watch a movie, if watch a movie. Let my mind do the work.
"Having an audio book that shifts voices and tone easy but can also include background noises"
That's not what you're going to get. Even with A.I they all requires sound editing and reviewing and fixing errors which all costs money. We already have the tech to do A.I voice acting and I've tried a few. What we'll get is what we have now, a single A.I voice with eerie intonation that modifies some words to their context but not others so it functions for a sentence but cannot emote a paragraph.