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UPDATED: YouTube Responds To Viacom Getting SAG-AFTRA, IATSE & DGA Backing In $1B Copyright Battle

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday August 5, 2013 @ 11:14pm PDTTags: DGA, Google, IATSE, SAG AFTRA, Viacom, YouTube

UPDATED, 11:14 PM: YouTube today dismissed the support that IATSE, the DGA, AFM and SAG-AFTRA has shown for Viacom’s efforts to get another day in court with its $1 billion copyright infringement suit. Not only does the Google-owned company say in a statement that the unions’ brief “recycles” a previous filing from 2010 in the suit but that they “don’t seem to have followed developments in the case.” Read the statement YouTube issued via a spokesperson late Monday below:

The brief filed by entertainment industry unions recycles their brief from the first appeal in 2010.  They don’t seem to have followed developments in the case or recognized the changes to YouTube’s place in the entertainment ecosystem. The Court has twice rejected Viacom’s unfounded copyright infringement claims. And even Viacom has conceded it doesn’t object to how YouTube has operated for the last five years. YouTube has signed licensing agreements with every major movie studio and record label, has developed an industry-leading Content Identification system used by 4,000 media partners, and does more to prevent piracy than any other major video hosting provider.

PREVIOUSLY, 6:33 PM: Despite another recent court loss, Viacom’s latest attempt to revive its billion-dollar copyright suit against YouTube has just gotten some very vocal support again from some old friends. “YouTube’s role in the rampant, systematic distribution of content in violation of the exclusive rights of copyright holders caused and continues to cause harm to the entertainment industries and the members of the Guilds and Unions working in those industries,” said a joint brief filed late last week by lawyers for the Directors Guild of America, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and the American Federation of Musicians. “We urge the Court to consider the full ramifications of YouTube’s actions, and request that the Court reverse the lower court’s decision.” The unions offered similar such support as they did last week back in 2010. Filed on August 2 this year, the quartet’s new 28-page brief (read it here) comes after Viacom filed materials on July 30 with the 2nd Court of Appeals asking for a new judge in the long-running case. That expected legal move against Judge Louis Stanton followed the NY-based U.S. District Court judge granting YouTube yet another favorable summary judgment in the matter on April 18. That was the second such decision for the Google-owned entity in the case. Viacom first launched the $1B action in 2007.  READ MORE »

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Matthew Loeb Re-Elected IATSE International President

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 25, 2013 @ 11:38am PDTTags: IATSE, Matthew Loeb

Boston, July 25 – International President Matthew D. Loeb was re-elected by acclamation this morning to serve another four-year term in the position he has held since 2008. The vote came during the last session of the IATSE’s 67th Quadrennial Convention being held here for the past week at the Boston Sheraton Hotel. Over 800 delegates from nearly 400 locals in the U.S. and Canada contributed to the unanimous and vocal support for President Loeb and the General Executive Board, which was also re-elected. Loeb and his slate, known popularly as “Matt’s Team,” ran unopposed. In addition to General Secretary-Treasurer James Wood, the slate includes 13 International Vice Presidents, three trustees, and the delegate to the Canadian Labor Congress.

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Nickelodeon CG Artists Ratify Contract With Animation Guild

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday July 12, 2013 @ 4:20pm PDTTags: Animation Guild, IATSE, Nickelodeon, Viacom

The Animation Guild and Nickelodeon Animation Studios had a deal and now they have a contract. Today a vote was held at the studio in Burbank and the final result had 90.1% of the 61 recently unionized … Read More »

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UPDATE: IATSE Settles ‘Last Chance Holiday’ Strike, Crew Approve Contract

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday June 27, 2013 @ 2:02pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, IATSE, Labor Relations, Last Chance Holiday

UPDATE, 2:02 PM: The strike at Last Chance Holiday is over. IATSE and producers Indy Entertainment reached a deal late this morning. The protesting crew of the low-budget feature approved the union contact this afternoon. The … Read More »

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VFX Town Hall Turns Focus On IATSE As Unionizing Efforts Creep On

By JEN YAMATO | Wednesday June 26, 2013 @ 7:41pm PDTTags: IATSE, VFX

When a VFX town hall was held back in March, the visual effects community was in a state of panic, unsure of how best to unite to battle subsidies, runaway productions, untenable working conditions and other issues endemic to the industry. A follow-up event held last night in LA (and online from San Rafael and Vancouver — watch it here) focused movement toward forming a VFX union, but it marked only slight progress for organizing efforts. With many LA VFX artists preoccupied by the work that’s draining away from the region to other subsidized cities, community meetings like this remain hung up on the kinds of nightmare stories of extreme work days and paycheck delays that keep circulating around the biz. “I bought my co-worker toothpaste because she didn’t have money to afford it,” said VFX artist Diana Marie Wells, late of infamous NewBreed VFX, who streamed in from Montreal where she’s been battling alongside other artists for payment owed.

Related: Produced By Conference: Pros Forecast The Future Of VFX, Post-Rhythm & Hues

If momentum picks up in favor of unionizing, it might stem from IATSE addressing what affects artists first: fighting for fair working conditions and payment protocol that’s lacking in the most egregious of VFX shop violators. But the process will be a long march. Read More »

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Prospect Park Resolves Dispute With IATSE Over ‘All My Children’ & ‘One Life To Live’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday June 20, 2013 @ 3:24pm PDTTags: All My Children, IATSE, One Life to Live, Propect Park
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All My Children and One Life To Live producer Prospect Park and IATSE Locals 52, 161, 600, 700, 764, 798 and USA829 have resolved the labor issues that led to the two soaps … Read More »

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IATSE Seals 3-Year Pact With Commercials Producers

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 23, 2013 @ 6:37pm PDTTags: IATSE, Union Contract

NEW YORK, NEW YORK — The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) concluded negotiations in New

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UPDATE: Editors Guild Reaches Deal With CW’s ‘The Hunt’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday May 22, 2013 @ 9:33pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, IATSE, Motion Picture Editors Guild, the CW, The Hunt

UPDATE, 9:34 PM: The Motion Pictures Editors Guild said tonight that it has reached an agreement with the producers of The Hunt. “The crew will report to work as scheduled tomorrow, and they’ll be working under a union contract,” the guild said on its Facebook page. “Many thanks to all those … Read More »

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IATSE And Broadway League Agree On New Three-Year Deal

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday May 2, 2013 @ 4:33pm PDTTags: IATSE

IATSE just sent out a release confirming a tentative agreement with Broadway producers.

After a lengthy process spread over five months, culminating in a fifteen-hour marathon session that ended in the early morning on May 2, 2013, the IATSE International and The Broadway League/Disney Theatrical Productions have reached a tentative agreement for a new three (3) year contract.

In addition to wage increases, a primary goal for President Matthew Loeb and the Union negotiators was to address challenging travel conditions faced by workers on these tours. Thus, the agreement includes premium pay for load-outs on multiple show days and for travel after a short-rest period, first time additional pay for make-up artists and hairstylists traveling on a seventh day, as well as first-time overage participation (i.e. bonus) for workers on successful tiered tours. The Agreement includes significant employer contributions to the health and pension plans for workers on tiered tours and wage increases for workers in all categories. It also includes employer contributions to the IATSE Training Trust.

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IATSE Charters New Film Locals In Canada

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday April 5, 2013 @ 8:00pm PDTTags: IATSE

For many years Locals 849 and 667 served as the bargaining agent for motion picture technicians and camerapersons in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. As of April 2nd, members of Locals 849 and 667 who … Read More »

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VFX Community Calls For Trade Org, Contract Standards And/Or Union At Lively Town Hall

By JEN YAMATO | Friday March 15, 2013 @ 4:00pm PDTTags: IATSE, Rhythm & Hues, VFX

VFX 2013Unionization and the creation of a trade association topped the priorities at a visual effects biz town hall meeting Thursday in Los Angeles where hundreds of VFX professionals gathered to discuss the state of their troubled industry. Despite calls for solidarity within the global community and a general sense of accord, a tense volley of boos erupted halfway through the panel when Visual Effects Society rep Mike Chambers took the mic and mentioned the organization’s call for larger California subsidies made in an open letter last month. In the letter the VES had announced plans to hold a VFX Congress, which has yet to materialize. “What are you going to do?” shouted one audience member to Chambers, who had no answer for his group.

Related: VFX Oscar Protesters Grow To 400 As Pros Plead Their Case

The exchange highlighted the most crippling challenge currently facing VFX workers: With no organized body other than the strictly honorary VES, artists have no leverage as the current system continues to squeeze their employers for slim profit margins. Among the industry wide issues identified by keynote speaker Scott Squires: A flawed studio-VFX house business model, too much competition, and job-migrating subsidies. Panelists and audience members also decried the strains on health and home life endured by individual VFX artists at the bottom of the VFX food chain. Unpaid overtime, long work weeks and a lack of healthcare benefits are common for visual artists, who comprise one of the last remaining sectors in Hollywood that is not yet unionized.
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Striking Editors, ‘Swamp People’ Producers Settle Dispute

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday February 22, 2013 @ 8:58pm PSTTags: History Channel, IATSE, Motion Picture Editors Guild, Swamp People

Striking editors on the History Channel‘s Swamp People have reached an agreement, according to Motion Picture Editors Guild statements posted on Facebook and Twitter. “We have successfully resolved the Swamp People strike. After a work stoppage of … Read More »

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Editors Call Strike On History Channel’s ‘Swamp People’

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday February 19, 2013 @ 12:54pm PSTTags: History, IATSE, Original Media, Swamp People

Post-production editors on History’s Swamp People walked off the job today in protest over producers trying to stymie union organizing. #STRIKE! Until further notice, Editors Guild and potential members are instructed not to service the … Read More »

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IATSE & Pac 12 To Talk; Strike Ends

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday December 18, 2012 @ 5:43pm PSTTags: IATSE, PAC 12 Network

The union and the sports network agreed today to meet and discuss all issues between IATSE and PAC-12, Deadline has learned. This means “an immediate cessation of all strike activities, picket lines, etc,” said IATSE … Read More »

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IATSE Plans Another Round Of Pickets Against Pac-12 Network

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday December 17, 2012 @ 9:20pm PSTTags: IATSE

The dispute between the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Pac-12 Network shows no sign of slowing down. IATSE says it plans to set up picket lines again during basketball games Tuesday at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion … Read More »

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IATSE Plans More Pac-12 Network Strike Action

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Friday December 14, 2012 @ 7:30am PSTTags: IATSE, PAC 12 Network

As it did last weekend, IATSE will picket against the Pac-12 Network beginning tomorrow. The union plans strike lines during basketball games at USC’s Galen Center and UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. Picketing is also scheduled at the … Read More »

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UPDATE: PAC 12 Net Responds To IATSE Strike Action At Colleges

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Saturday December 8, 2012 @ 5:12pm PSTTags: IATSE, PAC 12 Network, Strike

UPDATE: The PAC 12 sports network has responded to a strike action and picketing by IATSE members outside USC and other conference member schools. The network said it respects the right for workers to decide on union representation and pledged to continue maintain “an exciting and creative work environment”. IATSE said earlier today it had set up pickets at USC in Los Angeles and several other schools on the West Coast and in Arizona because PAC 12 Network is “an unfair employer” that uses non-union workers in areas covered by IATSE. PAC 12 Network has contracts with Time Warner Cable, Comcast, DISH Network, Bright House Networks, among others, to show non-pro sports out of the Western U.S. Read More »

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ITASE’s NY Scenic Artists Ratify Contract

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 2:02pm PDTTags: IATSE

New York, Oct. 17 – United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts and the major Studios announced today the ratification of a new three year

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IATSE & ‘Fashion Star’ Reach Deal; Crew Back To Work Today

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 7:36am PDTTags: Fashion Star, IATSE, NBC

The union and producers Magical Elves reached an agreement over health and pension benefits last night, Deadline has learned. The crew of Fashion Star, on strike since Saturday, will return to work today. There will be no more picketing at Hollywood Center Studios and the producers’ offices. Also, today’s 1:30 PM taping in front of an audience of the NBC reality show will now go ahead as scheduled. The agreement comes after IATSE representatives met with Magical Elves executives Tuesday afternoon to discuss an offer the union put on the table Monday. The union plans to meet with the approximately 70 crew members on the show later this afternoon to brief them on the details of the deal. Read More »

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