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38 SAG-AFTRA | Fall/Winter 2025 | sagaftra.org For Members For Members The Entertainment Community Fund provides services nationally for people who work in film, theater, television, music, opera, radio and dance. The Fund helps address the specific needs of entertainment professionals — with a unique understanding of the challenges involved with a life in the arts. Give at entertainmentcommunity.org/donate. Members rely on the SAG-AFTRA Foundation for its career-building and assistance programs. The Foundation relies on member support to keep its professional resources free of charge. Please consider a donation today. sagaftra.foundation/donate Boost Your Good Karma It's in times like these that people most need assistance. If you are fortunate enough to be able to offer that helping hand, please consider a donation to one of these organizations. The Motion Picture & Television Fund supports working and retired members of the entertainment community with a safety net of health and social services, including temporary financial assistance, case management and residential living. Visit mptf.com for details. A.I. in Focus at WIPO S AG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland took the stage at the Library of Congress on Sept. 18 for an International Copyright Institute session titled Artificial Intelligence and Digital Replicas, a timely conversation about the unauthorized cloning of a person's image or voice. The event was co-hosted by the United States Copyright Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization. After an eight-minute scene-setter from Andrew Foglia of the U.S. Copyright Office summarizing its digital-replica study and the evolving U.S. legislative landscape, Crabtree-Ireland made a clear case for performers: Their image, voice and likeness isn't raw input; it's protected labor. He detailed practical norms that are already proving workable in entertainment: obtain affirmative consent before any digital replication, disclose when A.I. touches a performance, and pay remuneration that reflects the continuing value of someone's image or voice across uses and markets. WIPO Director Michele Woods guided a fast-moving exchange with Digital Media Association SVP, Government and External Affairs Sally Rose Larson and Recording Industry Association of America SVP, Federal Public Policy Jessica Richard on licensing pathways, cross-border enforcement, and the particular risks and opportunities for developing economies. With government Michele Woods of WIPO, SAG-AFTRA National Executive Director & Chief Negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Jessica Richard of the Recording Industry Association of America and Sally Rose Larson of the Digital Media Association at the digital replica discussion on Sept. 18. representatives from around the world in the room, the panel converged on a takeaway: Innovation thrives when it centers on people, so the creators whose identities power the work should be the ones who share in its value.