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what's going on there citizens of the reject Nation Greg here today as all you guys are aware
there's been a writer strike going on and as of last week the SAG strike is now happening there's
some great videos that you guys can watch about it I mean I myself just did a podcast with Paul heavy
spoilers or podcasts Across the Universe where we gave our very much impassioned discussion about
the sex strike we are of course in support of the SAT strike if you want to watch it's like a great
like breakdown of it the best one that I've seen I would have to say is Dan Merle's video of really
breaking down uh exactly what the SAG strike is completely all about it's really well informed
it's an entertaining one as well what I wanted to focus on today specifically is what influencers
can and cannot do in regards to the sex strike of what would be deemed okay and acceptable and what
would ultimately be a violation going against the SAG strike order when you go online you're going
to see like a whole bunch of discourse about what is okay and what is not okay are people allowed
to review Barbie and Oppenheimer can they do this can they do that like what's all right what isn't
all right and so what I've done uh you know I spent a long time on this I have cross-referenced
with the Stag strike order that was sent out the FAQ about influencers that was sent out and then
a little bit ago variety they just published an article where they've laid out even more rules I
made it even clearer of what you can and cannot do and I also did speak with a publicist isn't
really concerned about their clients they wanted to understand a lot of the rules and on top of
that too I have been talking with people who are members of Sac who are also on press there's just
a lot of different notes and all compiliters so this is the best that I could do I just wanted to
give a really straight forward kind of reference breakdown sheet for you all of everything I was
able to gather between three categories here the first category I'm going to talk about if you are
a union influencer if you are sag and you are also an influencer and also if you're
a non-union influencer and the third thing I want to talk about is with all this information of how
the real rejects wishes to proceed moving forward so with that in mind if you guys can leave a like
on this video that'd be very much appreciated I'm going to be incredibly direct with you all I know
normally I go off the dome but I just kind of made a bunch of notes and I just wanted to make
something that could be a solid reference for everyone because yes this would be good if you
are an influencer and you are concerned about this secondly there's a lot of viewers out there who
want to make sure that their influencers are you know following the guidelines here and I
know some won't care at all but for those who do care this is for you lastly at the same time if
I happen to get anything blatantly wrong please do the YouTube thing be comment police because
some stuff is not entirely clear and that's why variety even had to put out that article where
sag had to elaborate even more and there's some stuff that does require further elaboration but
based off my research this is the best I could find but like I said there's anything I get like
definite like definitive like no that's completely wrong I want you to correct me and I want that
comment to be highlighted that way people will see the right thing alrighty so let's get to it
if you are an influencer here's what you can do you can do commercial works this is brand deals
that align with sag after rules so essentially you can work with Brands you usually collaborate with
as long as you follow the Union's rules however if a brand deal involves a company currently on
strike contact influencer at sagafter.org to make sure you're on the right track okay and here's an
important one as well because if you happen to see an influencer promoting a product that you know
is from one of these struck companies one thing you want to make sure of if it's something that
is a concern of you is did they get this deal before the strike officially happened because
they can carry out existing contracts with struck companies but they can't take on new
ones so basically if you've agreed to promote a struck company before the strike began stick to
your word but don't start new projects with these companies during the strike actually we're in in
that boat right now I just remembered is that we have a uh three brand deals I want to say that uh
we have already submitted for that we've already got the you know the edit done for them now it's
just been like okay we're waiting for you to go yep post it that was a couple weeks ago and as
many YouTubers will tell you some brands are they take like six weeks to finally be like all right
but we're already in contract with them but during the strike we've already told our brand manager
that for the remainder of the strike while it's happening to not accept anything that comes in
from a studio so you want to hold me accountable I I believe it's three that we've got you can keep
creating and posting content as long as it's not about the work on strike continue sharing
your usual content just avoid discussing the companies or work on strike all right so here's
what you can't do take on new jobs to promote struck companies simply put avoid starting new
collaborations that involve promoting content from companies currently on strike what you'll discover
here is most of this is going to boil down to just don't promote [ __ ] for them I know that
part gets a little bit like wait but what is does that mean promoted it'll go into more details you
can't post about any work on strike whether you're paid or not this means avoiding the promotion of
struck company's content on your social platforms cannot participate in events like Comic-Con to
promote struck companies or work you can go to these events but don't engage in promoting
The Struck work there real rejects we do have a Comic-Con panel coming up that we did agree to
uh a long time ago we got to do that but it's not for like a studio or anything of that sort either
way well it should just be business as usual this part's the one that I see a lot of debate over
you cannot take part in activities like cosplay of characters from struck work basically avoid
promoting struck companies through your character portrayal so yeah that kind of takes takes a lot
of Cosplay out the window at that point from the sound of it it sounds like if you are sagged they
really want you to not be doing cosplay if you're non-union that they're more like sure go ahead
um but yeah either way I mean I still think it's a an interesting one to lay down so then the
big question that was asked here on the FAQ page was how does this apply to me if I'm a
non-union influencer any non-member seeking future membership in Sag after who performs covered work
or services for a struck company during the strike will not be emitted into membership in Sag after
all right so what does this mean exactly first off really if you're not interested in any of the
SAG after business and you are an influencer you can really do whatever you want it's your choice
so I'm speaking of those who are not Union who still care to not break violation still want to
make sure that they can one day be eligible to be sagged and if you're not an influencer
I'm also speaking to those who care to see if the influencers they follow are following the
rules laid out a lot of it comes down to is if you want to make sure you can still be part of
sag in the future but the thing that they specify that you cannot do is do covered work for a struck
company if you're planning to join sag after essentially if you hope to join the union one day
avoid working with struck companies so what does cover work entail what does that actually mean
especially based off of their guidelines without me just giving you essentially a whole bunch of
exposition here mainly what it comes down to is avoid any and all promotional work when it comes
to working with Studios which usually involves a financial transaction of some sort an official
agreement whether that be hey you know come attend this influencer event where we're going to give
you free food and drinks and all you got to do is post about our movie just some kind of mutual
understanding that you are actively working to help promote the movie and yes of course like
don't don't act in anything you know like you know the obvious stuff of not to do like don't don't
do any of that stuff like auditions for struck projects and all that so yeah don't do any of that
but in terms of the promotional work that's that's the main thing you got to be concerned about
because here's where people were often getting confused on but do reviews quantify as that I'll
go into that in just a tiny bit so essentially cover worked what it could be promoting a
struck company's content attending events to promote a truck company like a movie premiere
participating in a campaign that indirectly promotes a struck company and while they made
it crystal clear on some things here there is one statement that they did put out that I'm glad they
did because some stuff does perhaps require some more clarification because when asked what happens
if I break the strike rules the answer was if you do it inadvertently someone will probably tap you
on the shoulder and remind you not to do it again but the union absolutely has the power to enforce
its strike rules penalties may include censor reprimand fine suspension and or expulsion if
you are not a member and perform struck work you will be barred from joining the Union in
the future well that ends on a really like dark note originally it was sounded like if you do
anything wrongly wrong you're going to be barred permanently Fine Lines a lot of us influencers
everyone a lot of people are just trying their best right now a lot of people who really do care
about her are trying their best and at the end of the day if you do believe you're doing you know
what is within your writing is not a violation of the strike rules I don't think you have to worry
about you know being banished to hell right away okay now let's talk about uh real rejects because
our Channel essentially does like the main variety of what other channels also also do even if it's
not like specifically like hey an Easter egg breakdown or whatever it's still essentially
in in the similar categories it's all right like a lot of people know I'm not the biggest fan of the
word influence I have nothing against influencers whatsoever I'm one of them but I just don't really
like that word too much but at the end of the day I am that and that's my category now our other
category is entertainment journalist that's why we've been on pressless for so many years that's
what we are qualified as on the on the Press list sometimes there's like an influencer press
list and then there's a entertainment journalist press listen and we're always on the entertainment
journalist press list because at the end of the day all of our content is created for purposes of
commentary analysis and or review so if you're one of those channels as well where your content is
created for those purposes then I feel like this will all be applicable for you so and look at the
categories here let's talk about movie reviews so reviews they serve as a journalistic role
the whole point is to provide impartial critique rather than promotion like the whole point is to
offer analysis to help viewers you know choose what to watch or encourage or discourage urge
you know however it may be what's really essential though is that reviewers don't accept payment for
positive reviews I mean I don't feel like you should ever do that just in general especially
now don't expect payment for positive reviews from struck companies as this would completely
enter that promotional territory and the Variety article they cleared this up like Crystal when
asked I'm a film critic can I review movies the answer was absolutely critics are not on strike
and are not obligated to stop reviewing movies or TV shows that clears that up follow it up with
I'm an entertainment journalist can I cover movies and TV yes entertainment journalists whether they
belong to a union or not are not on strike even those broadcast journalists who are represented by
sag-aftra are not affected as the strike relates only to the TV theatrical contract so there you
have it reviews are okay there was a question in there that was starting to confuse some
people that was about influencers can influencers promote a movie again that question was about can
influencers promote category of covered Services recovered work which obviously that right there
that's the big No-No when researching into movie news reporting movie news should be acceptable
because the whole point is it aims to inform the public right not to promote struck companies so
again impartial news coverage that does in favor struck companies doesn't violate strike rules all
right trailer reactions and reviews these are usually seen as commentary or critique
that generally falls under fair use laws despite whatever them music companies are always fighting
with on those trailers you're always doing like the whole point is to help encourage or help
viewers to understand what to expect from a film or a show and they don't inherently promote struck
companies so that should be okay movie and TV show reactions so if you're doing episode reactions or
a movie reaction of course this is all like really much you know edited cut up that always leads into
a full-on review the main purpose of a reaction video is for entertainment commentary to uh spur
a conversation about the content and of course the movie and TV show are always to support the other
half of the video review to the analysis section as long as these reactions aren't endorsing or
promoting a struck company they're generally acceptable and then from everything I can see
and read up on as what's been laid out here in the Variety article and knowing that there are a sag
members in the Press who have been going to press screenings you're an entertainment journalist you
can still review movies cover movies and attend press screenings initially I was like I feel
like we're not supposed to I don't I I don't know like I was on the fence about Oppenheimer
for example but from the updates and from talking with other people who are actually sag seems like
that's actually okay because even in a strike situation your attendance at a press screening
doesn't equate to promoting The Struck company or its product the whole point is to be there as an
impartial Observer delivering information analysis or critique the usual to the public and it's
crucial to maintain this distance and objectivity I think even if there's not a strike that's
crucial to avoid any appearance of endorsement or promotion as a strike what it mostly targets
is promotional work typically covered under sag after so from what I can see and this is like you
know uh more than just like conversations it's been it has been a lot of research from what I
can see we can proceed as normal if we just you know we can't do any promotional things
we can't be like hey we want to use your footage uh that we saw you do of something and use it in
our advertisement can't say any agree to any of that you can't do anything like hey we want to
send you this Spider-Man habit at the end of the day that's going to get approved from Disney that
can't do that so you know there's a whole bunch of things that basically boil down to just don't
do promotional work for them and obviously don't do any gigs or auditions or anything
that relate to participating in one of the truck companies movies or whatever so of course we are
maintaining an awareness and we do care to be supportive because frankly the fact of how the
amptp is treating our writers and actors is a total [ __ ] uh deep dive a lot into it on that
podcast I did with Paul it's not what this video is about but yeah if you want to hear more about
my opinions on that please go ahead and check that out and the day I firmly believe that what
they're fighting for is exactly what they should be fighting for so if we do anything that truly
steps out of bounds we'll do our best to correct it anyway hope this information helps you just let
me know if it does uh leave their thoughts Down Below on how you've been feeling about the stack
strike and all that learn that I'll talk with you guys soon thank you so much for being here