I think the WGA contract is up for renegotiation every three years or so.
Effects of writers strike on Sci Fi & Fantasy genre
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I think the WGA contract is up for renegotiation every three years or so.
Ryujin
Legend
Three years would appear to be the standard, though of course a different length could obviously be negotiated by mutual consent.
Yes, but doing so would create inflexibility in a very rapidly changing media landscape.
Ryujin
Legend
Sometimes that lesser flexibility is desired, by one or both sides. For example my own union agreed to a 4 year contract, when 3 was the norm, because they were banking on the economic downturn lasting longer than the employer believed and the compensation was better than we could hope for, if the union was right. They were. We just went for a more standard 3 year term as we were working without a contract for the last year, the agreement is retroactive to July of last year, and we hope that the current Provincial Government will be tossed out in the next election. (I work for a public university)
Sure, but I don't see a strong argument that this is one of those cases, for either side.
Ryujin
Legend
Depends on whether the writers think that a major AI breakthrough is just around the corner, I suppose. With how vehement they are about that clause, it would seem so.
They may be vehement about it just so it gets in. It will be harder to remove later if it gets in now.
Also, I think the general lack of executive respect for their work probably makes this a bit personal. Making the studios promise not to use AI may be a bit symbolic.
trappedslider
Legend
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
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Bad look if we're supposed to be extolling the virtues of human writing.
Bad look if we're supposed to be extolling the virtues of human writing.
I welcome the new AI Writers. They can't be worse then the current people writers.
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