Talk:Screen Actors Guild

SUGGESTIONS by JAX-JRosebrookMaye

Hey,

I just wanted to offer some suggestions after scrolling this Publicly Indexed Screen Actors Guild Wikipedia Page. Upon reading Under Member Benefits and Privileges > Residuals, it seems that readers would be rather confused at the mention of "residuals payments," and especially with the reference leading to Films, Television Shows, and Television Commercials without a Reference. I would suggest that somebody or with permission, myself, to change the language. I used to be agented represented by 1 May 2017 when it comes to Screen Acting through Major Independent Releases within Internal Production Releases, and not just Traditional Theatre, and even though I went through a related-employment agency for this type of thing, a former branch office of a major one - CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY, LLC., you all would need to refine or spread out the language for this.

Try this:

"Relating to the Guild, it has through lawful collective bargaining agreements with Major U.S. Based Entertainment Providers, the idea of "secured residuals," came into being prior to 1970, and these residuals are often called for those economically participating in Features (either Theatrical Releases or Radio), as "Initial Royalties," and any-thus said Royality agreed upon every year as long as such Feature is being Publicly Preserved, aka sold in Participating Marketplaces or Publicly for Sale. These Initial Royalities for these types of Features are tied to their Yearly Revenue Proceeds.

Typically, these Initial Royalities, in coordination commonly with related-employment agencies, the Artist-Agent Relationship, W2 - Self Employed (and uncommonly via the Artist-Attorney Relationship, directly with Entertainment Providers, W2 - Direct), comes with additional bargaining, and is not associated with the Guild itself; typically, this is linked to one's experience and/or talent level in the marketplace for actors assuming that the individual Artist in-question does not opt to use any-related technology or related-programming replacing them as actors - utilizing their varying likenesses, and then additional bargaining needs to be taken place, see: Generative/Machine Learning AI, and the Guild has additional clauses protecting against abuse, albeit leaning towards the traditionalist.

However, for Non-Feature Television Programs, this residual is not a traditional initial royalty, but instead comes in a fixated form as closely regulated by the Guild themselves, and is majorly influenced by Advertising Revenue, and this only applies if such program is Publicly Preserved aka Publicly for Sale at Participating Marketplaces through U.S. or Global Media Providers. For Television Commercials, the payout of such residuals, non-traditional royalties, can be a little more complex as thanks to the Guild, there remain to be highly specific and closely regulated through relevant clauses that are legally binding respect to Media Providers, and/or U.S. Based Entertainment Providers as a whole."

What do you think of this suggestion?

Link to Primary Source with Personal Insight Backed by Original Research: SAG-AFTRA TV and Theatrical Residuals Quick Guide | SAG-AFTRA (sagaftra.org) JAX-JRosebrookMaye (talk) 19:12, 12 January 2024 (UTC)