No Deal As AFTRA, AMPTP Talk Over Weekend

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers continued bargaining talks over the weekend but were unable to resolve their differences by Sunday night. Although negotiators have agreed to a news blackout, trade reporters said that the talks have stalled over the issue of whether studios and networks should be required to seek permission from actors before clips of their performances are posted on the Internet. Studios claim that the cost of administering such permissions would be prohibitive and that the clips would end up only being posted by pirates, thereby wiping out payments for anyone. The AMPTP has indicated that it would like to wrap up negotiations with AFTRA by Wednesday, when it is due to resume talks with the larger Screen Actors Guild.


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