{"id":2011457,"date":"2025-09-10T12:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2011457"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:53:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:53:42","slug":"entertainment-union-equity-to-challenge-court-judgment-on-casting-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/entertainment-union-equity-to-challenge-court-judgment-on-casting-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment union Equity to challenge court judgment on casting platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"atoms-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->The performing arts and entertainment union is to seek to appeal against last week\u2019s High Court judgment which found against its case that casting platform Spotlight should be regulated.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Equity is concerned about the \u201ceconomy-wide implications\u201d for working people across the UK which it says have now arisen as a result of the judgment.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Equity general secretary Paul Fleming said: \u201cThis case simply sought the protection of regulation to limit fees to a \u2018reasonable\u2019 level through existing regulations, but the implications of the judgment are large and the idea that Spotlight can\u2019t be regulated is dangerous and has consequences for the wider economy.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cWe have been overwhelmed by the positive messages from Equity members since the judgment and their encouragement to continue this campaign.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cMany are astonished that the judge has ruled that Spotlight \u2018does not provide services for the purposes of finding persons employment\u2019.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cCasting is our industry\u2019s term for the exchange and supply of labour for performing in productions, and any actor will tell you that they subscribe to Spotlight to find work.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->\u201cEqually worrying are the sweeping implications for working people across the UK, who may now be left unprotected from up-front charges by similar platforms elsewhere in the growing gig economy.\u201d<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\"><!-- HTML_TAG_START -->Equity won support for its case from delegates at the TUC Congress in Brighton on Wednesday.<!-- HTML_TAG_END --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.finance.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The performing arts and entertainment union is to seek to appeal against last week\u2019s High Court judgment which found against its case that casting platform Spotlight should be regulated. 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