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So we need to put barricades around it, she said.
Thats the name of the game.
Theres no wiggle room around that.
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You have to compensate and you have to obtain consent, period.
Otherwise, what are we were giving away?
What is our business, our likeness, our gestures, our acting, our voices?
Thats what were selling.
Thats who we are.
They wanna mimic that on artificial intelligence.
Everybodys watching dystopia series as entertainment while my members are living it.
This is not a way to cut us out of our livelihood, she said.
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And we proposed common sense proposals to put guardrails around that.
Basic concepts like informed consent.
And also that you should be fairly compensated for that use.
This shouldnt be controversial.
A bigger share of the streaming pie is one of the guilds chief goals.
Drescher also said she hopes that the ongoing strikes will create a sea change in the industry.
I would like to see a more employee-friendly culture emerge out of this strike.
That would be a great achievement for us.
