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  1. Skallagrim

    Business & Finance Entertainment Industry Strikes

    I do think it wise to wait for a more detailed overview, but isofar as what has been released actually summarises the key points, I feel my take on it covers the essentials. Indeed, bans rarely work forever; but they do work for long times, if enough pressure is applied. Usually, this involves...
  2. Skallagrim

    Business & Finance Entertainment Industry Strikes

    As I read it, the studio can't make them use it, and can't hand them such material without telling them (but can still hand it to them if they disclose what it is). That's a somewhat subtle, but telling distinction. The studio is, however, free to use AI separately from the writers, which...
  3. Skallagrim

    Business & Finance Entertainment Industry Strikes

    That's funny. The writers wanted a Luddite-style ban, the studios wanted free reign, and they got (basically) "here are a few basic limitations, but otherwise, studios get free reign". This provision alone means that the studios basically "won" this. Consider it like this: suppose a deal is...
  4. Skallagrim

    Business & Finance Entertainment Industry Strikes

    Big studios being spiteful? Say it ain't so! ;) But you're right, those trees are the only real victims here. As far as I'm concerned, the self-absorbed actors, the message-pushing writers and the garbage-producing studio execs deserve each other's petty bullshit.
  5. Skallagrim

    Business & Finance Entertainment Industry Strikes

    There are countless aspiring actors, and the current cadre of screenwriters is shit. Why doesn't the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers just say "the strike ends tomorrow, on our terms, or no member of the WGA or SAG-AFTRA will ever work for any of our members ever again."...
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