AI Consultation Faces Human Rights Problem

AI Consultation Faces Human Rights Problem Experts find hole in controversial UK government proposals By Chas Rowe | UK male voice-over artist Legal consultants have argued that the UK Government’s proposals to enable AI companies to feed models on copyrighted material under a so-called “data-mining exception” could be challenged under human rights laws. Handley Gill, which …

Who Cares About Hungarian Vowels?

Who Cares About Hungarian Vowels? On the artistic/authentic contradictions in The Brutalist By Chas Rowe | UK male voice-over artist   The vital stats of The Brutalist make it sound like a behemoth of film art. It’s got 10 Oscar nominations. It got a 17-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival. It’s 215 minutes, or 3 …

The Pitfalls of Perpetuity Contracts in Voice-Over

The Pitfalls of Perpetuity Contracts in Voice-Over And how time could provide a solution By Chas Rowe | UK male voice-over artist   In 2003, long before technology existed to closely reproduce human speech, voice-over artist Greg Marston, recorded a series of scripts through a production intermediary. Two years later, in 2005, Greg was asked to …

Voice-Over Usage and Licensing: A Mini Guide for Video Producers

Voice-Over Usage and Licensing A mini guide for video producers By Chas Rowe   If you make corporate and explainer videos for your clients, and you work with professional UK voice-over artists to do so, you should have heard them mention the terms ‘usage‘, ‘licences‘, or ‘licensing‘. Chances are, if you know and understand these …