007: The Actors Have A Deal (...Maybe)!
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Hey Scribe Tribe! SAG-AFTRA has secured a tentative agreement with the AMPTP (the studios). But concerns over deal points regarding auditions, artificial intelligence (AI), etc. has rankled some members, potentially impacting the guild's upcoming ratification vote. Will it pass or will the guild's 160,000 members send their leadership back to the negotiating table? Find out more as we discuss some of the benefits won, remaining pain points, and resources for more information, including those listed below!
SAG-AFTRA CONTRACT RESOURCES
- SAG-AFTRA National Board Approves Tentative Agreement, Recommends Ratification of 2023 TV/Theatrical Contracts (News Release)
- SAG-AFTRA 2023 TV/Theatrical Contracts (Contracts for public review)
- Updated on SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement Negotiations (News Release)
- SAG-AFTRA Deal Dissent w/Shaan Sharma | TMR (The Majority Report YouTube and Sirius Radio interview, Nov. 15, 2023)
- X (formerly Twitter) thread by Justine Bateman on AI for actors (Nov. 11 , 2023)
- Justine Bateman Discusses Concerns With SAG-AFTRA Deal's AI Protections, Warns Loopholes Could "Collapse The Structure" Of Hollywood (Deadline, Nov. 17, 2023)
- Duncan Crabtree-Ireland Responds to Justine Bateman in Screen Actors Guild Q&A (The Messenger, Nov. 17, 2023)
- Hollywood's actors are back to work - here's what they actually got in SAG-AFTRA's new contract (CNBC, Nov. 17, 2023)
- Actors and Their Digital Replicas: Hollywood’s Deal Explained (The Ankler podcast, Nov. 16, 2023)
- Potential Backfires in the Actors AI Deal (The Town with Matthew Belloni podcast, Nov. 17, 2023)
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