Re:Extras worry they'll be replaced by AI. Hollywood is alre...
by em-bee on Thursday August 03, 2023 @11:57PM
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If people want to sign away their likeness, fine, but they need to be the ones agreeing to that.
not until we have laws that make sure that those rights can not be signed away exclusively. no contract should be able to prevent someone using their own likeness to make a living.
it's the same problem as with non-compete clauses.
It's scanning humans without telling them that's what they're being scanned for.
While the stories I've heard may be anecdotal, I've heard people who, as extras on a production, tell stories about being scanned with zero explanation as to why.
If people want to sign away their likeness, fine, but they need to be the ones agreeing to that.