A2IM Endorses the NO FAKES Act

Today, US House Representatives María Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27),Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4), Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1), Joe Morelle (D-NY-25), Rob Wittman (R-VA-1) and Adam Schiff (D-CA-30) introduced the NO FAKES Act (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe) to the House. The NO FAKES Act would create a federal intellectual property right to an individual’s visual likeness and voice – accelerating the push for protection against invasive AI deepfakes, voice clones and other nonconsensual digital replicas – while also establishing a system of accountability and enforcement.

In conjunction with the Human Artistry Campaign, A2IM voices its support for the proposed bill, and has issued the following statement:

“We simply can’t accept a world where artists spend lifetimes developing their art only to have Generative AI exploit their work. The NO FAKES Act would be a powerful tool to not only help our community of over 550 independent labels continue to drive economic activity in this new era, but also to protect music’s unique role in American culture. We thank this strong bipartisan group of House champions who are fighting for us with this bill.”

Lisa Hresko, A2IM General Manager

Read Bill Text Here + Summary Here

Support the Bill HERE.

About A2IM:
A2IM is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade organization headquartered in New York City that exists to support and strengthen the independent recorded music sector. Membership currently includes a broad coalition of more than 700 Independently-owned American music labels. A2IM represents these independently owned small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) interests in the marketplace, in the media, on Capitol Hill, and as part of the global music community. In doing so, it supports a key segment of America’s creative class that represents America’s diverse musical cultural heritage. Billboard Magazine identified the Independent music label sector as 37.32 percent of the music industry’s U.S. recorded music sales market in 2016 based on copyright ownership, making Independent labels collectively the largest music industry sector.

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