WGA
See also: wga
English
Proper noun
WGA
- (US, film, television) Initialism of Writers Guild of America, the labor union representing writers of film and television.
- 2023 July 26, Adrian Horton, “Netflix lists AI job worth $900,000 amid twin Hollywood strikes”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 9 August 2023:
- The use of AI in the production of film and television – either to write scripts, generate actors’ likenesses, or cut corners in paying creative work, has been a major point of contention in negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Sag and the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
- 2023 September 29, Adam Seth Litwin, “Hollywood’s Deal With Screenwriters Just Rewrote the Rules Around A.I.”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN, archived from the original on 5 October 2023:
- The W.G.A.’s negotiating committee recognized that A.I. had to be on the table, and not simply as something to be resisted or refused. […] They also could have circumvented W.G.A. members altogether. Instead, this deal guarantees a contractually mandated context in which A.I. can be utilized — one that benefits, rather than impedes or replaces, the workers.