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Warner Bros. Discovery Says Ongoing Strikes Will Mean $300M-$500M Hit to 2023 Earnings
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The pay raises are largely nothing burgers. Same with having a proper writers' room and the like.
The two main sticking points of the WGA/SAG strike are:
And how can that ever be truly ensured/compliance confirmed?
Studios can pinky swear then somehow, oops, some third party that they totally didn't know about their practices uses the off limits material to generate AI results which are then sold to the studio.
The exact same way software licensing and corporate espionage work? If there is reason to be suspicious, paperwork and an investigation eventually happen. So in this case, if suddenly we see someone with John Wayne's smile, people are gonna say "what the fuck?"
And this will likely be a legal issue at least on the same level as the DMCA (if not the actual DMCA...) because studios will have a LOT to lose if smaller companies steal their catalog and take away their competitive advantage.