the people who kept telling us that movie piracy is a serious crime don't actually seem all that interested in paying people for making movies.
@anathematrix You wouldn't downstream an internet!
You wouldn't replace an actor with an algorithm?!

@sentient_water

Oh, you saw the article where the studios proposed to pay an extra for one day of work and then scan their likeness and use it royalty free on an ongoing basis too?

@anathematrix

@Homebrewandhacking @anathematrix This one? Yup. So now an acting career is going into a CGI AI studio for the afternoon then it's over?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/13/23794224/sag-aftra-actors-strike-ai-image-rights
Hollywood studios proposed AI contract that would give them likeness rights ‘for the rest of eternity’

As part of a press conference announcing the SAG-AFTRA strike, it was revealed that the AMPTP was looking for aggressive rights to AI images of actors.

The Verge

@sentient_water

That's the one.

What an excellent username you have. Very inspirational!

#goals

@anathematrix