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SAG-AFTRA reveals terms of ‘groundbreaking’ deal (www.cnn.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.