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Visual effects artists protested the tax incentive arms race in which countries and states offer subsidies to lure production away from Hollywood. “It’s a race to the bottom,” said organizer Daniel Lay.
More than 300 visual effects artists, their families and supporters protested Sunday at the intersection of Hollywood and Vine, a mile from the Dolby Theater where the Oscars are being held.
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They wore green symbolizing green screens. "Without visual effects, this is what you're going see: people in front of green screens," Daniel Lay, protest organizer and founder of visual effects group ADAPT said.
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Protestors are upset over the tax incentives arms race. For more than a decade, states and countries have offered studios subsidies and tax incentives to pursuade them to leave California to film.
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