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IATSE Members Press Leaders on AI Deal Terms as Contract Ratification Vote Begins
As IATSE's contract ratification vote begins today, union members pressed leaders on the deal's AI terms at a virtual town hall held Saturday.
“Many of you are concerned about the prospect of a producer using your timelines, project files, concept art, or other expressions of your creative labor, to train AI models,” wrote Local 700 national exec director Cathy Repola in the July 8 email obtained by Variety. “While we were able to secure protections to prevent studios from taking advantage of the prompts you may supply to AI models … I understand how important it is, and how vital it is to you and your union, that your creative essence is not used to train AI models.” She continued that during the negotiations “the studios repeatedly expressed they were focused on, and most concerned about, potential legal action and lawsuits regarding copyright violations. In the email, Repola emphasized that the tentative agreement includes the aforementioned meetings with AMPTP and individual producers/companies, as well as the importance of members’ reporting their experiences.
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