Gilbert hopes SAG returns with open mind

May 28, 2008 SAG president Alan Rosenberg's immediate predecessor applauded the AFTRA agreement Wednesday and said she hopes its terms aren't rejected out of hand by SAG negotiators. Essentially, AFTRA won increases in Internet compensation and other areas similar to those secured by the DGA and the WGA and also got the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers to dial down a demand that actors' consent no longer be required for the reuse of film and TV clips. [...] details of the consent issue and how it is addressed in the tentative contract were still the subject of debate Wednesday.

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