#performersrights — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #performersrights, aggregated by home.social.
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Indigenous actor sues James Cameron for ‘stealing’ her facial features for Avatar character https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/06/indigenous-actor-james-cameron-avatar-lawsuit
Suit says director used Q’orianka Kilcher’s features without permission after seeing her in advert for The New World. #IndigenousIP #publicityrights #personalityrights #performersrights -
Robin Williams's daughter Zelda begs fans to stop making AI content of her father https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-07/zelda-williams-calls-out-ai-video-of-late-father-robin-williams/105863964 #AI #personalityrights #film #performersrights #copyright
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'Tech overlord Sam Altman’s legal skirmish with actor Scarlett Johansson brings the blurred lines between artificial intelligence and the world it seeks to transform into sharper focus.
For those who missed it, Johansson is suing Altman’s OpenAI over claims he ignored her refusal to grant consent to use her voice in its latest ChatGTP release' https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/04/scarlett-johansson-wont-save-us-from-ai-but-if-workers-have-their-say-it-could-benefit-us-all #AI #publicityrights #performersrights #uslaw #uspol #openAI
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The Blair Witch Project’s original cast ask for retroactive payments as reboot announced https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/22/the-blair-witch-project-original-cast-payment-residuals-request-rei-hance-joshua-leonard-michael-williams-lionsgate-letter
Actors Rei Hance, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams – who improvised most of horror film’s dialogue – claim they didn’t have proper union representation in 1999 and seek residuals. #copyright #residuals #performersrights #laborrights