AB 2926 (Kalra) Employee Obligations: Exclusivity Options - OPPOSE

VICA strongly opposes Assembly Bill 2926, which would prohibit exclusive contracts in much of California's vibrant entertainment industry. This bill would radically upend nearly a century of business practices and legal principles that have benefited employers and employees alike. This bill would also destabilize California’s music business, cut opportunities for working artists, and weaken the state’s economic recovery.

AB 2926 would destroy this balance and usher in harmful changes that would impact California businesses in every industry. The bill would reverse longstanding business practices that have made California home to a vibrant film, TV, and streaming business, undermine collective bargaining, and harm the industry that has created a robust middle class of entertainment industry workers. An exclusivity clause provides an artist with generous compensation for their exclusive commitment to a production, often from creation through exhibition. With artist participation assured, the producer-employer is afforded the stability necessary to finance, insure, and arrange all the other elements for the production to move forward.

By abandoning this strong, well-working framework and freezing deal terms in inflexible statutory text, AB 2926 will reduce advances for all but the biggest superstars. It will make it harder for new artists to get signed and divert time, resources and funding needed to break new acts to those who have already made it. Further, it will erect new obstacles for diverse, innovative, and less commercial voices and genres. It will undermine California’s economic recovery by eliminating high-wage recording, touring, and other music-related jobs. The music industry contributes nearly $40 billion every year to California’s GDP, and supports over 430,000 jobs and 72,000 venues.

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