Copyright Alliance CEO Issues Statement on AI Legislative Frameworks Released by the White House and Senator Blackburn

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Eileen Bramlet ebramlet@copyrightalliance.org

Washington, DC—In light of the March 20 publication of the Trump Administration’s National AI Legislative Framework, as well as the March 18 release of the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act discussion draft by Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid initiated the following statement:

According to Kupferschmid, “The Copyright Alliance is pleased to see that the Administration’s National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence issued earlier today acknowledges the need for any AI framework to ‘respect[] intellectual property rights and support[] creators.’ Specifically, the White House framework acknowledges that there are differing views related to fair use of copyrighted works for AI training, and reflects the long held views of the Copyright Alliance and many others in the creative community that AI fair use determinations should be left to the judiciary where the Supreme Court has ruled that ‘bright-line rules’ are inappropriate. We also applaud the administration’s recognition that free market AI licensing is crucial to preserving the creative economy and the 11.6 million American workers and over $2 trillion in GDP it supports.

“And we thank Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) for her continual support for the creative community and for releasing her thoughtful and comprehensive TRUMP AMERICA AI Act discussion draft earlier this week. We especially applaud the draft’s provisions that directly address the use of copyrighted works for AI training.”

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The Copyright Alliance is a non-profit, non-partisan public interest and educational organization representing the copyright interests of over two million individual creators and over 15,000 organizations in the United States, across the spectrum of copyright disciplines. The Copyright Alliance is dedicated to advocating policies that promote and preserve the value of copyright, and to protecting the rights of creators and innovators. For more information, please visit our website.