Living Wage for Musicians Act of 2024

• Authority: United States Congress
• Parent authority: Federal government
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. federal laws
• Most recent activity: Defunct
• Most recent activity date: 2025-01-03

Risk subdomain coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with only subdomain 6.3 (Economic and cultural devaluation of human effort) receiving a coverage score of 2. The document primarily addresses economic compensation for human artists in the context of AI-generated content, but does not substantively address most AI risks, harms, or safety concerns outlined in the MIT taxonomy.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

The document primarily governs the Information sector (music streaming services and digital content distribution) and the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector (musical artists and music production). It establishes compensation requirements for service providers that stream music to end users.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a proposed federal statute with binding legal obligations, mandatory language throughout, and explicit enforcement mechanisms including penalties and regulatory authority.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is titled 'Living Wage for Musicians Act of 2024' and is presented as federal legislation proposed by the United States Congress, as indicated by the legislative format and authority structure.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, AI_Infrastructure_Provider
• Summary: The primary targets are service providers defined as entities that provide streams to end users and control which streams are made available. These are music streaming platforms that deploy AI systems and provide infrastructure for music distribution.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Fund Administrator is granted explicit regulatory and enforcement authority, including the power to establish penalties, conduct audits, and require compliance. The Register of Copyrights and Librarian of Congress have oversight roles in designating the Fund Administrator.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Fund Administrator has explicit monitoring authority through audit powers, record-keeping requirements, and information collection from service providers. The Register publishes notices and oversees the designation process.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not substantively address AI lifecycle stages. While it prohibits AI entities from being classified as artists, it does not govern the development, deployment, or operation of AI systems themselves. The focus is on economic compensation mechanisms for human artists, not AI system governance.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document mentions generative AI only in the context of excluding it from the definition of 'artist.' There is no coverage of AI models, AI systems, frontier AI, general purpose AI, task-specific AI, foundation models, predictive AI, open-weight models, or compute thresholds. The document's focus is on artist compensation, not AI technical governance.