Washington, D.C. – In response to the publication of the Discussion Draft of the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act by U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Re:Create Executive Director Brandon Butler issued the following statement opposing the legislation.
“A vague, oppressive, and complex federal framework, the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act fails utterly to achieve the Administration’s goal of giving clear, simple rules of the road that empower all U.S. innovators,” said Re:Create Executive Director Brandon Butler. “The bill is no better than a patchwork of confusing and conflicting state regulations. The hodgepodge mix of proposals in the bill’s text is a greatest hits collection of ideas designed to throttle AI development and curb internet freedom. Most shockingly, it would literally roll back the fair use rights of AI developers, the first statutory constriction of fair use rights in over 200 years.”
“Without fair use protection, AI as we know it would not exist. The bill threatens free speech and innovation while opening the litigation floodgates, a disaster for small businesses and startups as well as researchers and consumers.”
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About Re:Create: Re:Create is a coalition comprised of a broad membership of think tanks, advocacy organizations, libraries, technology companies – large and small – that serves as the leading coalition united in the fight for a balanced copyright system that is pro-innovation, pro-creator, and pro-consumer. Not every member of the Re:Create Coalition necessarily agrees on every issue, but the views we express represent the consensus among the bulk of our membership..