RIAA Releases Statement Supporting No AI Fraud Act
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Chairman & CEO Mitch Glazier has released a statement in support of the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act of 2024 (No AI Fraud Act).
“The No AI Fraud Act is a meaningful step towards building a safe, responsible and ethical AI ecosystem, and the RIAA applauds Representatives [María Elvira] Salazar, [Madeleine] Dean, [Nathaniel] Moran, [Joe] Morelle, and [Rob] Wittman for leading in this important area. To be clear, we embrace the use of AI to offer artists and fans new creative tools that support human creativity. But putting in place guardrails like the No AI FRAUD Act is a necessary step to protect individual rights, preserve and promote the creative arts, and ensure the integrity and trustworthiness of generative AI. As decades of innovation have shown, when Congress establishes strong IP rights that foster market-led solutions, it results in both driving innovation and supporting human expression and partnerships that create American culture,” states Glazier.
The bipartisan legislation introduced by Representatives Salazar (R-FL-27), Dean (D-PA-4), Moran (R-TX-1), Morelle (D-NY-25) and Wittman (R-VA-1) aims to combat abusive AI deepfakes, voice clones and exploitive digital human impersonations.
The No AI Fraud Act builds on the Nurture Originals, Foster Art and Keep Entertainment Safe Act (No Fakes Act) discussion draft released by Senators Coons, Blackburn, Klobuchar and Tillis.
Notably, RIAA joined other artist and songwriter advocacy groups such as NSAI, NMPA, the Recording Academy and more to support the ELVIS Act that Tennessee Governor Bill Lee introduced on Wednesday (Jan. 10) alongside State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-27) and House Majority Leader William Lamberth (R-44). The ELVIS Act seeks to bring similar protections to creators regarding their individual voice, image and likeness.
