GAI, Cont.
“Secondary Performance Payment”
What Is It: A payment for when they move a visual performance (movement or face, excluding VO) over to another game as-is. It is not an AI or replica payment at all. It’s your performance, copy paste into a new game.
SAG-AFTRA’s Position: This is what Integration is for, a payment obligation that already exists in the contract.
Employers Position: Integration as it currently exists doesn’t apply to on-camera or movement performance unless what’s being moved over is a clip of a game, exact copy of the shot, framing, everything in view is the same.
The Problem: Not how Integration works for voice, and rarely how performance is experienced in a game, which has any number of player-controllable angles on performance 99% of the time (much less skins, remastered graphics and other cosmetic tweaks). This is how they argue both concepts, SPP and Integration, exist at the same time.
Neg Comm argues this distinction is bogus, but they are not allowing it to hold up a deal.
Let’s Talk Some Numbers
“Neg Comm Went Back and Failed in Making a Deal”
81% of Membership who were at the last meeting voted to go back to the employers after receiving their previous “LBFO.”
Which means that 81% of Membership, who were able to attend the last meeting, were not pleased with the current terms as written despite a “LBFO”
Only 19% of Membership were interested in taking the offer as written.
59% of Members voted to go back and ask employers to fix ALL loopholes currently in the contract, including all of the language revolving around ICDRs listed here. Two other options were presented, which asked to fix only certain portions of the contract.
The point of these numbers? Members of Neg Comm are not the only ones who are making these decisions. It is the majority of Membership who decided to continue fighting. We have no doubts that Neg Comm will approach Membership with options of how to proceed and allow Membership to make their next decision.
We realize this is a heated time.
There is a lot at stake in these negotiations. We all want to go back to work. However, sharing misleading and inaccurate info graphics and charts does nothing to help us come to a sober understanding of the issues and makes it far more difficult for members to make wise, informed decisions about what contract we want to ratify.
It also shows the employers that there is a lack of solidarity in our community, which impacts the committee’s ability to negotiate the best deal possible.
Have Questions?
Reach out to Neg Comm members
If you feel uncomfortable, reach out to Matt Scott on the organizing staff at SAG-AFTRA (matt.scott@sagaftra.org)
If you are Non-U or FiCore, reach out to fellow actors who can ask your questions for you
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