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submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

SAG-AFTRA said that AMPTP's AI plan included scanning background actors and using their likenesses "for the rest of eternity."

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[-] atempuser23@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It's common in Hollywood for a studio to ask for right in perpetuity for any digital asset. That is so that if they remaster a movie they have everything they need to make it without having to get lawyers and contracts involved.

The directors cut is technically a different movie than then regular one and is different from an 8k remaster in the future.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That's a very different issue to someone making an entirely new movie, with that scan as a "character" though.

[-] atempuser23@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Not different at all. Actors do mo-cap work all the time and the performance data is owned by the studio and can be reused on different movies without royalties. The studios are trying to extend that. I see both sides. If the actors don't take a stand it could be tragic.

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