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What practical steps and contract wording does Equity (UK) publish for performers asked to be digitally scanned or voice-captured, and what legal framing does it give?

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Equity (UK) advises performers to: ask five specific questions before engagement (face/body scanning, voice capture, synthesised performance, data mining and related uses, each with a description of intended use); limit any capture to one named production; negotiate an AI-training carve-out; refuse in writing at contract stage if unwilling; not sign scanning permissions on set; have scans deleted once the production is complete; and keep up to date and share the advice. Equity says no UK law is written explicitly for AI and points to copyright, performers' rights and data protection. Its vision statement sets eight cloning principles, from consent for past, current and future performances to engagement under collective agreements. These are union advice and proposed clauses; the pages report no outcomes. Curator qualifications: Union web pages read 2026-10-22 (archived snapshots); templates behind log-in not read; not legal advice. Snapshots dated 2026-02 to 2026-06; live pages not compared. Clause templates behind member log-in not read. Limitations: Union web pages read 2026-10-22 (archived snapshots); templates behind log-in not read; not legal advice. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260420062834id_/https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/know-your-rights/ai-toolkit",
      "note": "Equity 'Don't Sign On Set: 8 steps' (Wayback 20260608211722), Steps 1-8; Equity 'AI: know your rights' (Wayback 20260515041717); Equity's AI vision statement (Wayback 20260210061025), principles list"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260515041717id_/https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/know-your-rights/ai-toolkit/ai-know-your-rights",
      "note": "Equity 'Don't Sign On Set: 8 steps' (Wayback 20260608211722), Steps 1-8; Equity 'AI: know your rights' (Wayback 20260515041717); Equity's AI vision statement (Wayback 20260210061025), principles list"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260608211722id_/https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/know-your-rights/ai-toolkit/dont-sign-on-set-8-steps-to-protect-yourself-from-ai-exploitation",
      "note": "Equity 'Don't Sign On Set: 8 steps' (Wayback 20260608211722), Steps 1-8; Equity 'AI: know your rights' (Wayback 20260515041717); Equity's AI vision statement (Wayback 20260210061025), principles list"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20260210061025id_/https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/know-your-rights/ai-toolkit/equitys-ai-vision-statement",
      "note": "Equity 'Don't Sign On Set: 8 steps' (Wayback 20260608211722), Steps 1-8; Equity 'AI: know your rights' (Wayback 20260515041717); Equity's AI vision statement (Wayback 20260210061025), principles list"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Equity (UK) advises performers to: ask five specific questions before engagement (face/body scanning, voice capture, synthesised performance, data mining and related uses, each with a description of intended use); limit any capture to one named production; negotiate an AI-training carve-out; refuse in writing at contract stage if unwilling; not sign scanning permissions on set; have scans deleted once the production is complete; and keep up to date and share the advice. Equity says no UK law is written explicitly for AI and points to copyright, performers' rights and data protection. Its vision statement sets eight cloning principles, from consent for past, current and future performances to engagement under collective agreements. These are union advice and proposed clauses; the pages report no outcomes. · locator: Equity 'Don't Sign On Set: 8 steps' (Wayback 20260608211722), Steps 1-8; Equity 'AI: know your rights' (Wayback 20260515041717); Equity's AI vision statement (Wayback 20260210061025), principles list source

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