A top executive at Universal Music Group (UMG), the world’s largest music rights holder, has called on the US Congress to introduce new laws protecting creators and other rights holders against copyright infringement by AI developers and users.
At a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on intellectual property on July 12th, Jeffrey Harleston, Executive Vice President for Business and Legal Affairs at UMG, laid out three specific laws UMG would like to see enacted.
They include: A nationwide right of publicity law; the ability of copyright owners to see what has gone into the training of AI models; and the labelling of AI-generated content.
If enacted, these laws would help to ease the worry that has been rising as AI’s capability to create original music continues to evolve day-by-day.