overnight breaks, travel arrangements, insurance and the full range of questions that arise when an actor is engaged to work on a programme.
It also provides for the producer to obtain the performers’ rights he/she needs from the actor. The basic fee buys a licence to a limited range of rights, according to what the producer foresees as the programme’s primary use, and the actor’s consent to secondary uses. When and as the programme is sold into secondary markets, the actor becomes entitled to further payments in the form of royalties.
The agreement specifies that actors may only be engaged under standard contracts which
incorporate
the terms of the agreement. These contracts are obtainable from Equity at
(tel) 44 (0)207-379-6000, or from the Producers’ Industrial Relations
Service (PIRS).