The Copyright Alliance submitted comments to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in response to a Notice of Inquiry regarding its public study seeking comments to help identify, understand, refine, and guide the development of the current and future state of emerging technologies. Focusing on the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence (AI), the comments explain that AI is a profound technology that will implicate difficult questions as it relates to copyright. The comments identify three main principles that must form the basis of the copyright and AI discussion: (1) A respect for copyright that does not prioritize the interests of those developing AI systems over the rights and interests of creators and copyright owners, (2) Creating workable rules will require serious, thoughtful study of all potential ramifications and a good understanding of what AI is now and where it is going, and (3) Rather than speak in generalities, the interplay between copyright and AI will need to be evaluated on their own facts and on a case-by-case basis.