SAG-AFTRA said that AMPTP's AI plan included scanning background actors and using their likeness 'for the rest of eternity.'
the SAG-AFTRA leaders, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, who
explained: “They proposed that our background performers should be able to be scanned, get one day’s pay, and their company should own that scan, their image, their likeness and should be able to use it for the rest of eternity, in any project they want with no consent and with no compensation.”You can listen to the question and his response starting at 23:30 on the recorded livestream of the press conference.
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