Lobbying Relationship

Client

Spotify USA Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Spotify USA Inc.

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  • Issues related to ongoing licensing, copyright, intellectual property, and related issues in the music and technology industries; copyright oversight issues; content moderation issues; the Music Modernization Act; issues related to AI and content, including H.R.6943 - No AI FRAUD Act & the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe (NO FAKES) Act of 2023
  • Issues related to competition in the technology sector; Open App Markets Act; American Innovation and Choice Online Act
  • Privacy oversight issues; childrens online safety including the Kids Online Safety Act; issues relating to digital advertising
  • Issues related to artificial intelligence, algorithmic recommendation systems
  • Issues related to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement

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General Issues: Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Telecommunications, Computer Industry, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV, Immigration, Arts/Entertainment, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Small Business, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection

Spending: about $8,030,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2016: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Copyright Office, State - Dept of (DOS), Natl Security Council (NSC), Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA), White House Office

Related Foreign Entities: Spotify AB (Stockholm, SWE); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Spotify Technology, SA (Luxemborg, LUX); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

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

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

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

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

H.R.4706: Music Modernization Act of 2017

Sponsor: Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

S.2823: Music Modernization Act

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

S.2334: Music Modernization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)

H.R.1695: Community Services Block Grant Reauthorization Act of 2019

Sponsor: Betty McCollum (D-Minn.)

H.R.3350: VA Emergency Transportation Act

Sponsor: Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.)

S.2334: 21st Century Energy Workforce Act of 2019

Sponsor: Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)

H.R.4706: Advancing Competency-Based Education Act of 2019

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

S.3398: EARN IT Act of 2020

Sponsor: Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)

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

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.4019: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

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

H.R.7232: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

H.R.6800: The Heroes Act

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

S.3814: RESTART Act

Sponsor: Michael Bennet (D-Colo.)

H.R.7806: SOS Act

Sponsor: Peter Welch (D-Vt.)

S.4528: Advancing Competitiveness, Transparency, and Security in the Americas...

Sponsor: Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)

H.R.133: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

Sponsor: Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)

H.R.1695: TRICARE Reserve Select Improvement Act

Sponsor: Trent Kelly (R-Miss.)

H.R.133: David’s Law

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

H.R.3849: ACCESS Act of 2021

Sponsor: Mary Gay Scanlon (D-Pa.)

H.R.3826: Platform Competition and Opportunity Act of 2021

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

H.R.3816: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: David Cicilline (D-R.I.)

H.R.3825: Ending Platform Monopolies Act

Sponsor: Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)

S.2334: Large Scale Water Recycling Project and Drought Resiliency Investment Act

Sponsor: Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.)

H.R.3350: Small-business Procurement Utilization Reform Act

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

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

Sponsor: Karen Bass (D-Calif.)

S.475: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

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

H.R.1320: Juneteenth National Independence Day Act

Sponsor: Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)

H.R.5017: Open App Markets Act

Sponsor: Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

S.2710: Open App Markets Act

Sponsor: Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.)

S.2992: American Innovation and Choice Online Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.3843: Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022

Sponsor: Joe Neguse (D-Colo.)

H.R.3460: State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act of 2022

Sponsor: Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

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?
Anastasios (Tom) Manatos 2009-2011, Senior Advisor for Member Services, Speaker of the House, 2006-2008, National Trip Director & Director of Advance, Speaker of the House, 2003-2006, Outreach Advisor, House Democratic Leader, '02-'03 Deputy Scheduler, House Democratic Whip
Scott Wilson Senior Intellectual Property Advisor, US Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property; Legislative Assistant, Senator Patrick Leahy; Senior Technology Advisor, Rep. Anna Eshoo; Staff Member, US Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Stephanie DeMarco Rep. Fred Upton: Legislative Assistant, Legislative Correspondent/Press Assistant; Rep. Ryan A. Costello: Legislative Correspondent, Staff Assistant
Anastaios (Tom) Manatos n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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

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