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AI disputes in creative labour concern particular voices, likenesses, performances and conditions of use. A starting point is to ask what a permission covers, who decides, how compensation works and whether workers can bargain. This guide places collective agreements, public hearings and a judicial case alongside one another, preserving differences between places, industries and legal relationships.
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View full image ↗ Public hearing on AI regulation in dubbing at Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies, 29 August 2024. Photograph by Bruno Spada.
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Labour & AI rights 25 / 25 Compare screen and game performers’ collective bargaining, Brazilian dubbing campaigns and voice-rights disputes through digital replicas, consent, compensation and control.
— Creative labour, consent & AI rights: voice, performance and contracts AI disputes in creative labour concern particular voices, likenesses, performances and conditions of use. A starting point is to ask what a permission covers, who decides, how compensation works and whether workers can bargain. This guide places collective agreements, public hearings and a judicial case alongside one another, preserving differences between places, industries and legal relationships. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read Creative labour, consent & AI rights: voice, performance and contracts — Digital replicas and synthetic performers: what needs to be distinguished? Replicating a voice or likeness, using an existing performance for model training, and producing a synthetic performer are different activities. Identify the object, parties, agreement coverage and stated uses in each source. The archive’s SAG-AFTRA screen case connects the 2023 strike with agreement materials from 2026. These records trace changes in terms and bargaining; they do not establish identical protections for all performers. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read Digital replicas and synthetic performers: what needs to be distinguished? — From strike to agreement: distinguish announcement, ratification and implementation The 2023 screen strike and the 2024–2025 video-game performers’ strike concern separate contract negotiations. A union’s tentative-agreement announcement, member ratification and implementation should be read as distinct stages. The game case’s 2025 ratification announcement documents the union’s account of approval and the strike’s end; it does not independently establish compliance with consent and compensation requirements in every use of a replicated performance. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read From strike to agreement: distinguish announcement, ratification and implementation — Public hearings and a voice-rights case: different institutional routes The Brazilian Dublagem Viva records connect dubbing workers’ demands, delivery of a manifesto and a congressional hearing. The Beijing AI-generated voice case records a first-instance decision through judicial information materials. Public discussion is not completed legislation, and a first-instance case is not a universal rule. Comparison should preserve the demands, procedures, scope of the decision and unresolved follow-up in each record. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read Public hearings and a voice-rights case: different institutional routes — How can consent, compensation and control be researched? Ask of each source: which use does consent cover, and are training and outputs distinguished? Who grants permission and who is compensated? How are scope and duration described, and what process addresses disputes? These are comparative questions, not assumptions that every source supplies answers. Prioritise original agreements, hearing records and judicial materials, separating provisions, parties’ interpretations and evidence of implementation. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read How can consent, compensation and control be researched? 2023 SAG-AFTRA / 2023 screen strike and digital replicas This case contains three dated events; see the timeline. Original documents, parties’ responses, and subsequent developments are still being collected. Case Read SAG-AFTRA / 2023 screen strike and digital replicas 2023 SAG-AFTRA’s film and television contract strike takes effect The strike order requires covered work to stop from 00:01 Pacific Time on July 14, 2023; prohibited activity includes consenting to the creation and use of digital replicas. Event · United States Read SAG-AFTRA’s film and television contract strike takes effect 2023 SAG-AFTRA announces a tentative agreement The negotiating committee announces approval of a tentative agreement and says it includes AI-related consent and compensation protections. Event · United States Read SAG-AFTRA announces a tentative agreement 2024 SAG-AFTRA / Video-game performers’ labour dispute Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research. Case Read SAG-AFTRA / Video-game performers’ labour dispute 2024 SAG-AFTRA video-game performers’ strike takes effect According to SAG-AFTRA’s retrospective account, the strike against the relevant game companies took effect on July 26; AI protections for replicated performances were among the disputed bargaining issues. Event · United States Read SAG-AFTRA video-game performers’ strike takes effect 2025 SAG-AFTRA members ratify a video-game agreement and end the strike SAG-AFTRA announces that members approved the new Interactive Media Agreement with 95.04% voting in favour, ending the video-game strike that had already been suspended pending ratification. Event · United States Read SAG-AFTRA members ratify a video-game agreement and end the strike 2024 Brazil’s Dublagem Viva / Dubbing and AI regulation Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research. Case Read Brazil’s Dublagem Viva / Dubbing and AI regulation 2024 TV Cultura reports Dublagem Viva’s demands and voice actors’ statements TV Cultura reports Dublagem Viva’s call to regulate AI dubbing. Interviewed voice actors discuss jobs, payment for voices and artistic interpretation. Event · Brazil Read TV Cultura reports Dublagem Viva’s demands and voice actors’ statements 2024 Dublagem Viva manifesto delivered to the culture minister at a Chamber of Deputies meeting The Chamber's official stenographic record shows Aliel Machado presenting Brazilian dubbing workers' concerns over contracts, labour and AI, and delivering the Dublagem Viva manifesto to Culture Minister Margareth Menezes. The record explicitly notes that delivery took place. Event · Brazil Read Dublagem Viva manifesto delivered to the culture minister at a Chamber of Deputies meeting 2024 Beijing AI-generated voice / Voice actor’s personality-rights case Collected events and documents are linked in the timeline; the case history remains under research. Case Read Beijing AI-generated voice / Voice actor’s personality-rights case 2024 Beijing Internet Court rules in an AI-generated voice personality-rights case According to a judicial information notice, Beijing Internet Court’s first-instance ruling found that an identifiable natural person’s voice rights could extend to the AI voice at issue. Event · China Read Beijing Internet Court rules in an AI-generated voice personality-rights case 2026 IMPF and IMPEL publish principles for fair generative-AI licensing On 30 September 2026, IMPF and IMPEL proposed principles for generative-AI music licensing. They distinguish payments for past uses, training, generated outputs and future exploitation, and call for rightsholder involvement in scope and valuation. This is an industry negotiating framework, not a concluded collective licence or a statutory tariff. Case Read IMPF and IMPEL publish principles for fair generative-AI licensing 2026 IMPF and IMPEL publish principles for fair generative-AI licensing On 30 September 2026, IMPF and IMPEL proposed principles for generative-AI music licensing. They distinguish payments for past uses, training, generated outputs and future exploitation, and call for rightsholder involvement in scope and valuation. This is an industry negotiating framework, not a concluded collective licence or a statutory tariff. Event · Global Read IMPF and IMPEL publish principles for fair generative-AI licensing 2026 Third Circuit affirms the ROSS copyright and fair-use ruling In case 25-2153, the Third Circuit affirmed the copyright and fair-use ruling concerning 2,243 Westlaw headnotes. The opinion records a filing date of 29 September 2026; the court’s public list records the case on 30 September. The dispute concerns protected summaries used for a competing legal-search system. The ROSS system at issue was not generative AI. Case Read Third Circuit affirms the ROSS copyright and fair-use ruling 2026 Third Circuit affirms the ROSS copyright and fair-use ruling In case 25-2153, the Third Circuit affirmed the copyright and fair-use ruling concerning 2,243 Westlaw headnotes. The opinion records a filing date of 29 September 2026; the court’s public list records the case on 30 September. The dispute concerns protected summaries used for a competing legal-search system. The ROSS system at issue was not generative AI. Event · United States Read Third Circuit affirms the ROSS copyright and fair-use ruling 2026 Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect Section 15 of Public Act 26-15 takes effect on 1 October 2026. It imposes provenance duties on covered providers of generative-AI systems with over one million monthly users that are publicly accessible for personal use by Connecticut consumers. It concerns generated or materially altered audio, images and video, subject to commercial and technical reasonableness. Case Read Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect 2026 Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect Section 15 of Public Act 26-15 takes effect on 1 October 2026. It imposes provenance duties on covered providers of generative-AI systems with over one million monthly users that are publicly accessible for personal use by Connecticut consumers. It concerns generated or materially altered audio, images and video, subject to commercial and technical reasonableness. Event · United States Read Connecticut provenance duties for large generative-AI providers take effect 2026 Maryland AI and deepfake identity-fraud amendments take effect SB 8 / Chapter 445, approved on 12 May 2026, takes effect on 1 October and amends Criminal Law §8-301. It brings specified AI and deepfake conduct within identity-fraud rules. The relevant prohibition requires knowing, wilful conduct and fraudulent intent, addressing harmful impersonation and specified false-record practices rather than generally banning AI art or stylistic imitation. Case Read Maryland AI and deepfake identity-fraud amendments take effect 2026 Maryland AI and deepfake identity-fraud amendments take effect SB 8 / Chapter 445, approved on 12 May 2026, takes effect on 1 October and amends Criminal Law §8-301. It brings specified AI and deepfake conduct within identity-fraud rules. The relevant prohibition requires knowing, wilful conduct and fraudulent intent, addressing harmful impersonation and specified false-record practices rather than generally banning AI art or stylistic imitation. Event · United States Read Maryland AI and deepfake identity-fraud amendments take effect — Further reading, sources & citation Follow the cases and original sources, and learn how to cite this topic and its historical evidence. Research guide · ANTI-AI ARCHIVE Read Further reading, sources & citation 