More than 300 video game performers and Hollywood actors picketed in front of the Warner Bros. Studios building on Thursday to protest against what they call an
National Executive Director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland participates in a kick-off picket line for the SAG-AFTRA video game strike at Warner Bros . Games headquarters on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Burbank, Calif. Hollywood's video game performers are currently on strike, throwing part of the entertainment industry into another work stoppage after talks for a new contract with major game studios broke down over artificial intelligence protections.
"We've made deals with the studios and streamers. We've made deals without a strike with the major record labels and with countless other employers, which provide for informed consent and fair compensation for our members," he told The Associated Press. "And yet, for some reason, the video game companies refuse to do that and that's what's going to be their undoing.
Members of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Writers Guild of America also attended the protest in solidarity. On the picket line, Konstantine Anthony said that most people want humans — not AI — to be their storytellers. "To come here and then to be supported by your fellow artists, knowing that you're all in this fight together, it's like they're all a monument standing behind me. It's amazing," said Austin, who has worked on games such as "Horizon Forbidden West" and "God of War Ragnarok."
SAG-AFTRA's negotiating committee argued that the studios' definition of who constitutes a "performer" is key to understanding the issue of who would be protected.
Video Game Performers SAG-AFTRA Protest Warner Bros Negotiations Compensation
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