The RIAA, representing the Big Three (Warner Music Group, Universal Music Group, and Sony Music Entertainment), has recently reported several AI-music mixing platforms to the United States Trade Representative. The goal is to have them listed as upcoming threats in the USTR’s “Notorious Markets” report. Additionally, a 2022 lobbying disclosure report shows that RIAA lobbyists have raised AI as a “specific lobbying issue” with the US government.
The RIAA is a member of the Copyright Alliance, which lobbies the government on behalf of its members and recently expressed concerns that AI-generated works collide with copyright law. A GoFundMe campaign launched by the Concept Art Association has surfaced intending to raise funds to pay a lobbyist to “educate government officials and policymakers” on the threat to the creative industries that is AI-generated artwork. The Concept Art Association has said a portion of the funds will also go to the Copyright Alliance. ...
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