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Khoi Dao
@khoidaooo.bsky.social
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voice actor but like in an ironic sort of way like it’s not super serious or anything
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
Hey Jasper! I’m sorry I totally messed up not including alt text. I’m gonna let my brain sit down for a second then work on that, just to make sure I don’t make any mistakes.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
This thread might have the answer you’re looking for. Only the union has the legal resources necessary to enforce any AI protections. Otherwise, it’s the individual lawyering up against a multibillion dollar company.

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khoidaooo.bsky.social Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
If you’re just learnin about the video game strike, I wanna clarify a key detail I’ve seen get distorted a lot: Generally, the *developer* decides whether to sign an interim agreement, not the recording studio. Often, the studio is only a middleman. They do not set this term.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
Turnip says hi
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
Thank you for making it all the way here. I love you.

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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
TL;DR: I’m not a huge fan of the union. They are a means to an end.

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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
Regarding international talent! (4/7) 🧵
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
The TH process has its limits. More on that:

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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
Note: if you’ve heard the term “three Taft-Hartley’s,” that’s just a shorthand way of referring to the three 30-day periods at the all-you-can-work union buffet which the first TH gives you. (2/7) 🧵
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 27
Answers to common questions and concerns regarding the ongoing video game voice actor strike 💕

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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 26
*taps the sign with incomprehensible force*

Any video game can bring back their FULL voice cast IMMEDIATELY during the strike, once they agree to enforceable AI protections via a SAG interim agreement, and the game CAN still keep its non-union actors after doing so.
khoidaooo.bsky.social Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
If you’re just learnin about the video game strike, I wanna clarify a key detail I’ve seen get distorted a lot: Generally, the *developer* decides whether to sign an interim agreement, not the recording studio. Often, the studio is only a middleman. They do not set this term.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 13
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
Hope that answers your questions! I’ve had to simplify a lot to appease the character limit, but that’s about the gist of it!
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
That said, once an actor has been Taft-Hartley’d 3 times, the must-join rule kicks in.

However, since the SAG negotiating committee wants to help NU actors keep their jobs during and after this strike, it is possible for productions to negotiate a waiver for that rule.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
Good question! It is generally NOT necessary for a game to replace all its NU actors once it flips union. They would just have to fill out a 1-page form called a Taft-Hartley for each NU actor, following which that actor has a 30-day window to work all the union jobs they want.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
my tummy hurts today
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
Also hi Blusesky
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
Currently, only a SAG interim agreement can effectively do that, as it would be backed by the union’s legal resources, and can meet any violation by a big company on the appropriate scale.

That’s why actors are holding the line, and why outrage at a recording studio ain’t it.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
This is what we mean by “enforceable” AI protections. Because while we are deeply grateful for any recording studio’s personal support in this strike, the fact remains they do not have the power or resources to protect us, or meaningfully enforce any AI clauses in their contracts
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
B) If the developer does violate the AI protection clauses in that contract, then the burden of enforcement would be on the actor. Often, that means one guy having to lawyer up against a multi-million/billion dollar company.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
A recording studio may offer AI protections in its own contract with the actor, but this ultimately means very little, because

A) the developer owns the final recordings, not the recording studio. They cannot dictate how the developer uses that audio.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Mar 12
If you’re just learnin about the video game strike, I wanna clarify a key detail I’ve seen get distorted a lot: Generally, the *developer* decides whether to sign an interim agreement, not the recording studio. Often, the studio is only a middleman. They do not set this term.
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Nov 28
is this a valid hear-me-out
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Nov 21
10/10 would license and dub
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Khoi Dao @khoidaooo.bsky.social · Nov 21
whew thank god someone said it
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