By Nina Heyn – Your Culture Scout
If you, like me, are heading to movie theaters to cool off and to check out the latest blockbusters, you may want to keep in mind that next summer, big-budget movies might be hard to find.
On July 13, SAG-AFTRA, the guild of Hollywood actors, announced a strike. The guild members are demanding improved work and salary conditions, including so-called residual pay (the growth of streaming affects it) as well as protection from a new threat concerning performers’ likenesses—a direct result of the technological advancement of AI. Rapid technological changes are deeply affecting people with recognizable faces and voices. This is SAG-AFTRA’s first strike since 1980, and the guild is joining the Writers Guild of America in its own labor dispute, ongoing since May 2, 2023. The double strike of actors and writers is the first such extensive double union event since 1960.
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