Thanks for the responses. From the wording I'd received, I was under the impression that I was one of the stragglers who hadn't worked out a deal with AFTRA yet. If no one else has much experience here, then it does sound more like a matter of us being seen as a test case in that regard.
I'm not a traditional "employer" of actors -- I'd have to be making money from Something to Be Desired to do that -- but I do have a cast of dozens. I can see where we're very much a target for AFTRA. I'm certainly not opposed to paying the cast -- I'm well aware that I don't create the show alone -- but I do wish folks from traditional media backgrounds were working a bit harder to ensure that there was actually an audience and a market in the web video medium BEFORE ensuring that the participants are protected from "if / then" eventualities. Nothing drives away potential explorers like red tape... Cheers. Justin Kownacki Producer, Something to Be Desired http://www.somethingtobedesired.com
