From July 2024The members of Sag -Aftra (Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) were on strike concerning the use of their work and their resemblance in the games, and new concerns are proven to extend the strike. A message sent to the members of the union quotes “alarming gaps” who threaten the members and leave them “vulnerable to the abuse of IA”, on the basis of the information Shared with Eurogamer.
Yuri Lowenthal, the voice of Spiderspoke with Variety earlier this month and summed up the situation well. “It comes down to three things for me. One is the consent that you do not use the data you have recorded to make a performance that we did not have a say. Second, compensation: if you are going to do something like that, then we deserve a piece of this. Otherwise, the actors will no longer be paid, and it’s over for us. And three: control, be able to follow these kinds of things and know where it’s okay. »»
The situation is complicated, with many mobile documents and various opinions, but the declaration of Lowenthal gives you most of the guild concerns. Many actors in the voice, of which Jennifer Hale (the voice of the woman Shepard Mass effect))
Audrey Cooling, spokesperson for the producer of video game producer, responded to SAG-AFTRA’s concerns about the following declaration (also shared with Eurogamer). “We have proposed an agreement which includes salary increases of more than 15% for artists represented by SAG-AFTRA in video games, as well as improved health and safety protections, conditions of use of industry for digital AI replicas in the game and additional remuneration for the use of the performance of an actor in other games.”
Sag-Aftra did not publicly respond to the last proposal. Until an agreement is concluded that the guild feels beneficial for its members, the strike should continue. SAG encouraged not affiliated members to refuse work until the video game studios accept the conditions.
This is not the first time that the actors of the voice have been professional concerns. Another strike lasted from the end of 2016 to 2017 for fair compensation, with a The agreement is finally concluded in September 2017.