JUN 11, 2024 | US
BSA Asks Congress for AI Digital Replication Rules
Politico Pro Morning Tech
By Mallory Culhane
The tech industry group BSA | The Software Alliance is urging Congress to craft legislation to combat unauthorized digital replicas of artists’ name, image and likeness for commercial purposes.
BSA — which represents companies including Microsoft, Adobe and Workday — is putting out eight new policy recommendations on Wednesday morning aimed at nudging Capitol Hill toward rules on unauthorized digital replicas. The software lobbyists called for laws that would hold people legally liable when they create and disseminate an unauthorized digital replica for commercial purposes; protect third parties that don’t know when a digital replica is unauthorized; and allow the use of a protected work for purposes outlined in the fair use doctrine of copyright law, including criticism, reporting or research.
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ABOUT BSA
The Business Software Alliance (www.bsa.org) is the global trade association of the enterprise software industry, representing companies that are leaders in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, cloud computing, and other cutting-edge technologies. We work in over 20 markets in the US, Europe, and Asia, advocating for policies that build trust in technology so that every industry sector and the public can benefit from innovation. BSA also supports its members and their customers by raising awareness of the risks of unlicensed software use and the benefits of software asset management, driving license compliance and software adoption around the world through sound IT procurement.