Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which serves as labor representatives for Hollywood’s studios, have released a new statement breaking down their stance on the various sticking points that caused a deal with the Writers Guild of America to fall apart.
In a four-page document that can be read here, the AMPTP addressed several issues that were raised by the WGA in their pattern of demands, most notably the guild’s proposal for a minimum of six writers on all TV productions with more required depending on the number of episodes. “If writing needs to be done, writers are hired, but these proposals require the employment of writers whether they’re needed for the creative process or not,” the AMPTP said in the document. “While the WGA has argued that the proposal is necessary to ‘preserv[e] the writers’ room,’ it is in reality a hiring quota that is incompatible with the creative nature of our industry.”“We don’t agree with applying a one-size-fits-all solution to shows that are unique and different in their approach to creative staffing,” the statement continues. “Some writers are the sole voice of a show and others work with only a small team.
The WGA’s proposals would preclude that.”The AMPTP also addressed the issue of artificial intelligence in writing. While the previous labor contract between the Writers Guild and studios forbade the use of scripts directly written by AI, the WGA pushed for more stringent regulations on the use of AI software in writing, including banning the use of AI-generated writing as credited source material to adapt from.
Members of the guild negotiating committee have told TheWrap that the AMPTP only agreed to meet annually to discuss the use of AI in Hollywood rather than.
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