Hollywood Actors (SAD-AFTRA) On Strike

[BoomerD]

87% of SAG members make under $26k/year.

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‘We’re Striking for the Journeyman,’ Not Tom Cruise​

I'm shocked at how little most actors get paid. I knew most have to work second (or third) jobs to get by, but not the degree of the poor pay scales. Why the hell would anyone want to subject themselves to the rigors of acting...for pennies?

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

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I'm shocked at how little most actors get paid. I knew most have to work second (or third) jobs to get by, but not the degree of the poor pay scales. Why the hell would anyone want to subject themselves to the rigors of acting...for pennies?

Because just like most artists, they do it for the passion rather than the money. I've got one family member in SAG and another's a quite capable painter, they don't make shit.

 

[hal2kilo]

Very interesting legal twist for people wanting to cash in on A/I generated entertainment.

US federal judge rules AI-generated art can't be copyrighted

The ruling comes in the midst of an actors and a writers strike, in which AI in entertainment is a major issue

www.salon.com

 

[MrSquished]

Because just like most artists, they do it for the passion rather than the money. I've got one family member in SAG and another's a quite capable painter, they don't make shit.

yep. actors do it for the passion and on a million chance of potential, and the same goes for production staff too, I've met plenty of them. The industry exploits that passion by giving them shit pay to do it because they use that emotional passion to their advantage. Pay these people.

 

[fskimospy]

Very interesting legal twist for people wanting to cash in on A/I generated entertainment.

US federal judge rules AI-generated art can't be copyrighted

The ruling comes in the midst of an actors and a writers strike, in which AI in entertainment is a major issue

www.salon.com

This is only a district judge so I wouldn't get too excited yet but this would seem to have major implications for the writer strike. If the studios can't control the IP their new AI writer's rooms generate then it's useless.

Then again I could also see them getting around this by having like one writer.

 

[K1052]

This is only a district judge so I wouldn't get too excited yet but this would seem to have major implications for the writer strike. If the studios can't control the IP their new AI writer's rooms generate then it's useless.

Then again I could also see them getting around this by having like one writer.

From what I can gather in the trades and online chatter the current item subject to the most haggling is what level minimum required staffing for writers rooms should be required so they're likely going to have to pay people anyway. WGA really isn't like to take a zero or one on that. Ultimately I think AI is going to be way less useful for writing shows than some in the industry who've drank the kool aid contend.

SAG has different issues since the top actors are going to want to monetize their virtual likenesses but that creates issues for everybody else so they really need to come up with a whole new structure.

 

[soundforbjt]

AI in action.

 

[K1052]

Looks like WGA and AMPTP closed the deal last night.

https://deadline.com/2023/09/writers-strike-deal-wga-studios-1235551531/

Assuming ratification looks good AMPTP will probably want to get SAG in the room soon and this agreement plus the DGA deal will serve as templates. The AI issue is probably even trickier for them though. But if they figured out how to deal with streaming residuals that's one less major thing to reinvent.

 

[K1052]

WGA leadership voted to end the strike which will end tomorrow morning. Writers can go back to work immediately. Needs to be ratified but looks quite likely.

Looking through the deal they secured the studios could have gotten this done months ago with far less drama. I don't think them holding out for so long to negotiate really got them much if anything.

Word is that AMPTP will meet with SAG next week.

 

[soundforbjt]

Can’t wait for Colbert to start back up.