With One Union Already Done, SAG Auditions for an Actors Deal
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One actors union has just done its deal with the studios, and now its larger rival, the Screen Actors Guild, is back at the bargaining table. Is a SAG deal imminent? Not likely. Instead, we may be sliding toward another Hollywood work stoppage. The signs aren’t good. Already, SAG has given a chilly response to the deal reached last week by the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists. A key source of contention is clip consent, the issue of whether studios need an actor’s permission in order to make short excerpts of movies and TV shows available online or via cell phones. SAG wants to preserve actors’ control over their own images, but the veto right SAG seeks is unrealistic in an era of Internet piracy, fan sites, mash-ups and morphing. Understandably, AFTRA all but passed on the issue, although the union’s spin might suggest otherwise.
With One Union Already Done, SAG Auditions for an Actors Deal
With One Union Already Done, SAG Auditions…
With One Union Already Done, SAG Auditions for an Actors Deal
One actors union has just done its deal with the studios, and now its larger rival, the Screen Actors Guild, is back at the bargaining table. Is a SAG deal imminent? Not likely. Instead, we may be sliding toward another Hollywood work stoppage. The signs aren’t good. Already, SAG has given a chilly response to the deal reached last week by the American Federation of Television & Radio Artists. A key source of contention is clip consent, the issue of whether studios need an actor’s permission in order to make short excerpts of movies and TV shows available online or via cell phones. SAG wants to preserve actors’ control over their own images, but the veto right SAG seeks is unrealistic in an era of Internet piracy, fan sites, mash-ups and morphing. Understandably, AFTRA all but passed on the issue, although the union’s spin might suggest otherwise.