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SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)
Organization · NY
Hires government relations
Who they hire
What they lobby on
- Support for criminal justice and police reform - George Floyd Justice in Policing Act - The CROWN Act to prevent discrimination based on natural and race-based hairstyles - The EQUALITY Act - The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act - Support for Restoring Artistic Expression (RAP) Act
- Support for policies that promote strong and effective copyright protection in the U.S. and abroad, including in trade policy and emerging technologies - Support for policies that ensure fair compensation and rate standards for rightsholders across all music distribution platforms - Support of efforts to streamline the music licensing system so that it operates more efficiently and fairly for all stakeholders - Support for efforts to modernize the U.S. Copyright Office - Support for efforts to update the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) - Support for policies that encourage Internet "intermediaries" (including ISPs, search engines, digital commerce platforms, domain registrars/registries, and advertisers) to take steps to curb music piracy - Discussion of global IP issues, scope of copyright, and digital trade - Support for the American Music Fairness Act (H.R.791/S 253) - Discussion of the impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry, and support for legislation creating a new federal right protecting voice and visual likeness against unauthorized digital replicas, including support for the No AI Fraud Act (H.R.6943)