Thursday May 23, 2024
Online Casting Sites Hate You
Online casting sites have been taking advantage of voice actors for years. How do we respond? By continuing to fork over membership fees.
These same casting sites are only getting worse in their practices. Part of me feels like they're just testing the boundaries. "How much can we get away with before the voice actors catch on and take action?"
Well, apparently they can get away with a lot!
From extortion level commissions to punishing algorithms to terms of use asking for everything but your first born child, the only thing that stays the same is the membership fees keep getting paid and voice actors keep letting sites get away with it.
So who's to blame? The online casting sites? Or the voice actors themselves?
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KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Online casting sites have been taking advantage of voice actors for years
- Voice actors need to take responsibility for their choices and consider walking away from these sites
- There are other ways to find work and support better platforms