Lobbying Relationship

Client

UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

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UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

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  • Issues concerning the Digital Millennium Copyright Act H. Con. Res. 13 / S. Con. Res. 5 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.R. 791 / S. 253 - American Music Fairness Act H.R. 2952 - RAP Act of 2023 / First Amendment protection of lyrical content Issues related to generative Artificial Intelligence technology H.R.6881 - AI Foundation Model Transparency Act H.R. 6943 - No AI FRAUD Act / Right of Publicity - name, image, likeness, and voice issues related to Artificial Intelligence Senate Discussion Draft - NO FAKES Act Issues concerning speculative and deceptive ticketing practices
  • Anti-Piracy Privacy issues generally Digital commerce platform accountability H. Con. Res. 13 / S. Con. Res. 5 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.R. 791 / S. 253 - American Music Fairness Act Issues related to generative Artificial Intelligence technology H.R.6881 - AI Foundation Model Transparency Act H.R. 6943 - No AI FRAUD Act / Right of Publicity - name, image, likeness, and voice issues related to Artificial Intelligence Senate Discussion Draft - NO FAKES Act
  • Content protection and online piracy Issues concerning the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Digital commerce platform accountability H. Con. Res. 13 / S. Con. Res. 5 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.R. 791 / S. 253 - American Music Fairness Act Issues related to copyright and generative Artificial Intelligence H.R.6881 - AI Foundation Model Transparency Act H.R. 6943 - No AI FRAUD Act / Right of Publicity - name, image, likeness, and voice issues related to Artificial Intelligence Senate Discussion Draft - NO FAKES Act H.R. 2952 - RAP Act of 2023 / First Amendment protection of lyrical content

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General Issues: Arts/Entertainment, Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Budget/Appropriations, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Homeland Security, Government Issues, Education, Science/Technology

Spending: about $37,200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2007: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Copyright Office, Patent & Trademark Office (PTO), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Small Business Administration (SBA), Treasury - Dept of, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of the Vice President of the United States, Office of the Vice President of the United States,, U.S. Senate,, Office of Management & Budget (OMB),, Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Library of Congress (LOC), Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE), Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Y Y, Y Y Department of Justice

Bills mentioned

H.R.1695: Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.890: Copyright Office for the Digital Economy Act

Sponsor: Tom Marino (R-Pa.)

H.R.1836: Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2017

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

S.CON.RES.6: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.CON.RES.13: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.1914: PROMOTE Act of 2017

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.3301: CLASSICS Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.CON.RES.17: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.4: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.1733: Fair Play Fair Pay Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.1283: Songwriter Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.662: Songwriter Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.4588: Incentivizing Medicaid Expansion Act of 2016

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

H.CON.RES.16: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

S.CON.RES.6: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.R.4772: RESPECT Act

Sponsor: George Holding (R-N.C.)

H.R.4079: Songwriter Equity Act of 2014

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.2321: Songwriter Equity Act of 2014

Sponsor: Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)

S.1788: Digital Trade Act of 2013

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

S.CON.RES.7: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)

H.CON.RES.21: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: K. Michael Conaway (R-Texas)

H.R.2933: Sound Recording Simplification Act

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

H.R.6480: Internet Radio Fairness Act of 2012

Sponsor: Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah)

S.3609: Internet Radio Fairness Act of 2012

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.968: PROTECT IP Act of 2011

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.978: A bill to amend the criminal penalty provision for criminal infringement...

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3261: Stop Online Piracy Act

Sponsor: Lamar Smith (R-Texas)

S.379: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.848: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

H.CON.RES.49: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

H.R.1319: Informed P2P User Act

Sponsor: Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.)

S.3027: P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.4098: Secure Federal File Sharing Act

Sponsor: Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

S.3484: Secure Federal File Sharing Act

Sponsor: Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)

S.3804: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.3480: Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010

Sponsor: Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.)

H.R.3288: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010

Sponsor: John W. Olver (D-Mass.)

H.R.1105: Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009

Sponsor: David R. Obey (D-Wis.)

H.R.2344: Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

S.1145: Webcaster Settlement Act of 2009

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.4789: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.2500: Performance Rights Act

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

S.CON.RES.82: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

S.256: Perform Act of 2007

Sponsor: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)

S.1353: Internet Radio Equality Act of 2007

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.2060: Internet Radio Equality Act

Sponsor: Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)

H.R.5353: Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

H.CON.RES.244: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Gene Green (D-Texas)

S.2317: Intellectual Property Enforcement Act of 2007

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.4279: Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of...

Sponsor: John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.)

S.2913: Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008

Sponsor: Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.)

H.R.5889: Orphan Works Act of 2008

Sponsor: Howard L. Berman (D-Calif.)

S.1642: Higher Education Amendments of 2007

Sponsor: Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

H.R.4137: Higher Education Opportunity Act

Sponsor: George Miller (D-Calif.)

H.R.4106: Telework Improvements Act of 2008

Sponsor: Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)

H.R.4791: Federal Agency Data Protection Act

Sponsor: William Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)

S.1745: Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.)

H.R.3093: Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies...

Sponsor: Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.Va.)

H.R.3350: Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act

Sponsor: F. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)

S.2393: CLASSICS Act

Sponsor: Christopher A. Coons (D-Del.)

H.R.4706: Music Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.2334: Music Modernization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.5447: Music Modernization Act

Sponsor: Robert W. Goodlatte (R-Va.)

H.R.5477: Rural DOCS Act

Sponsor: Tom O'Halleran (D-Ariz.)

S.2823: Music Modernization Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.CON.RES.6: A concurrent resolution authorizing the printing of a commemorative...

Sponsor: Roy Blunt (R-Mo.)

H.CON.RES.13: Recognizing the difficult challenges Black veterans faced when returning...

Sponsor: Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)

H.R.881: Tennessee Valley Authority Transparency Act of 2019

Sponsor: Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)

H.R.5219: Ask Musicians For Music Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

S.2932: Ask Musicians for Music Act of 2019

Sponsor: Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.)

H.R.2426: CASE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.)

S.1273: CASE Act of 2019

Sponsor: John Kennedy (R-La.)

S.3548: CARES Act

Sponsor: Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)

H.R.748: CARES Act

Sponsor: Joe Courtney (D-Conn.)

H.R.1981: Prohibition of Medicaid Funding for Conversion Therapy Act

Sponsor: Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3570: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)

S.2008: Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Sponsor: Patty Murray (D-Wash.)

S.3814: RESTART Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.3912: Justice in Policing Act of 2020

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.7481: RESTART Act

Sponsor: Jared Golden (D-Maine)

S.4258: SOS Act

Sponsor: John Cornyn (R-Texas)

H.R.7806: SOS Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

Sponsor: Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)

S.4344: ENCORES Act

Sponsor: Jon Tester (D-Mont.)

H.R.7735: ENCORES Act

Sponsor: Ron Kind (D-Wis.)

H.R.7691: Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020

Sponsor: Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.)

S.4442: Mixed Earner Pandemic Unemployment Assistance Act of 2020

Sponsor: Mark Warner (D-Va.)

H.R.1280: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

H.CON.RES.33: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Kathy Castor (D-Fla.)

S.CON.RES.9: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.4130: American Music Fairness Act of 2022

Sponsor: Ted Deutch (D-Fla.)

S.3880: SMART Copyright Act of 2022

Sponsor: Thom Tillis (R-N.C.)

S.4932: American Music Fairness Act

Sponsor: Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

H.R.8531: Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

H.CON.RES.13: Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Steve Womack (R-Ark.)

S.CON.RES.5: A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.

Sponsor: Margaret Hassan (D-N.H.)

H.R.791: American Music Fairness Act of 2023

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

S.253: American Music Fairness Act

Sponsor: Alex Padilla (D-Calif.)

H.RES.602: Commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip hop and designating August 11,...

Sponsor: Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.)

S.RES.305: A resolution commemorating the 50th anniversary of hip hop and...

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2952: RAP Act of 2023

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

H.R.6881: AI Foundation Model Transparency Act of 2023

Sponsor: Donald Beyer (D-Va.)

H.R.6943: No AI FRAUD Act

Sponsor: Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Amy Isbell n/a
Matthew Gerson n/a
Charles Wadelington n/a

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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