{"id":182234,"date":"2026-01-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/uk-union-demands-compensation-clause-but-pact-says-its-offer-gives-actors-more-control-over-their-data-performance-than-counterparts-in-other-countries\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:50:11","slug":"uk-union-demands-compensation-clause-but-pact-says-its-offer-gives-actors-more-control-over-their-data-performance-than-counterparts-in-other-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/uk-union-demands-compensation-clause-but-pact-says-its-offer-gives-actors-more-control-over-their-data-performance-than-counterparts-in-other-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Union Demands Compensation Clause But Pact Says Its Offer Gives Actors \u201cMore Control Over Their Data &#038; Performance Than Counterparts In Other Countries\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/inside-equity-pact-artificial-intelligence-090000549.html\">UK Union Demands Compensation Clause But Pact Says Its Offer Gives Actors \u201cMore Control Over Their Data &#038; Performance Than Counterparts In Other Countries\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/inside-equity-pact-artificial-intelligence-090000549.html\">https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/inside-equity-pact-artificial-intelligence-090000549.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-28 04:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.yahoo.com\">www.yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Negotiations Resume<\/strong>: Equity and Pact will restart negotiations concerning artificial intelligence in the industry, after an initial stand-off on the issue of digital scanning.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Focus on Financial Compensation<\/strong>: Equity\u2019s main demand is financial compensation for actors whose likenesses are used to train AI models, especially if existing or future content is sold to AI training companies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Pact&#8217;s Offer<\/strong>: Pact has responded with what they claim are AI terms aligned with international standards, including a panel for ongoing reviews on AI technological developments and market opportunities. However, this doesn\u2019t satisfy Equity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Industrial Action Risk<\/strong>: Equity warns that in the absence of satisfactory negotiations, industrial action on upcoming productions remains a possibility. Despite Pact\u2019s offer, agreements are not viewed as complete.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Digital Scanning Issue<\/strong>: The recent digital scanning ballot appears to have been a placeholder to divert attention from Equity\u2019s primary push for AI compensation-related protection.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Extended Negotiations<\/strong>: Talks have dragged on for nearly two years, with AI representing one of multiple demands including pay, residuals, and special stipulations for streamers.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Importance of AI Protections<\/strong>: Equity highlights the significance of attaining AI protections for its members as AI technologies rapidly evolve.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Future of Talks<\/strong>: Next rounds of negotiations are set to occur in the coming weeks with the potential outcome still uncertain, including the possibility of finding a middle ground.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK Union Demands Compensation Clause But Pact Says Its Offer Gives Actors \u201cMore Control Over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/_8JXfBKrO4tjDadhub1yFA--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD02NzU7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/deadline.com\/7f7609cbdc9145bbcbed87e670b9cc27","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-182234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":182236,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182234\/revisions\/182236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}