MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT FOR THE 2023 WGA THEATRICAL AND TELEVISION BASIC AGREEMENT
Submitted 1 year ago by realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to moviesandtv@lemmy.film
Submitted 1 year ago by realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city to moviesandtv@lemmy.film
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 year ago
They got their writers room but not much else, the raises are small, haven’t seen anything about ai yet but still reading.
otter@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
What’s the friends/office problem?
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 year ago
People watch the old shows too much, way too much, they leave them on as background noise.
New shows get far less play unless they really catch on, so a lot of the money they’re spending on new shows is just wasted.
Surprised a group of investors don’t fund a streaming version of nick at nite, and buy exclusive access to all the 90s and 2000s shows. Everybody would almost need a subscription, but it probably wouldn’t be profitable, rights to those are stupid expensive.
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
From what I see from reading the summary MOU, they got a total ban on AI. Where do you see that as kicking the can down the road?
InvertedParallax@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Oh, they got their writing rooms, they broke the Chinese wall of streaming numbers.
The small raises hurt the rank and file, and the streaming residuals are barely noticeable for the rank and file.
The wga management made out like bandits, tons of money for the health care and pension funds, some cash for training, and they know the numbers now.
I don’t think the average member will see much here.
For ai it’s not a ban, it’s that writers cannot be compelled to work on ai drafts, which is good, but basically it’s an admission that ai sucks now, 5 years down when things have changed there’s room for maneuver.
But the studios did admit ai isn’t that big of a threat today, which is a useful negotiating point.