UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP lobbying for UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Expenses

$710,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
U.S. Copyright Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 8

HCONRES 12
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
SCONRES 8
A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
HR 861
American Music Fairness Act of 2025
S 326
American Music Fairness Act
HCONRES 13
Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
SCONRES 5
A concurrent resolution supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
HR 791
American Music Fairness Act of 2023
S 253
American Music Fairness Act

Lobbying activity 4

Arts/Entertainment

Issues concerning the Digital Millennium Copyright Act H. Con. Res. 12 / S. Con. Res. 8 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.R. 861 / S. 326 - American Music Fairness Act RAP Act - First Amendment protection of lyrical content Issues related to generative Artificial Intelligence technology AI Foundation Model Transparency Act - establish standards for making publicly available information about the training data and algorithms used in Artificial Intelligence foundation models NO FAKES Act - unauthorized use of AI voice clones and digital replicas COPIED Act - related to transparency of Artificial Intelligence models TRAIN Act - related to transparency of Artificial Intelligence models Issues concerning speculative and deceptive ticketing practices

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Anti-Piracy Privacy issues generally Digital commerce platform accountability H. Con. Res. 12 / S. Con. Res. 8 - Local Radio Freedom Act H.R. 861 / S. 326 - American Music Fairness Act Issues related to generative Artificial Intelligence technology AI Foundation Model Transparency Act - establish standards for making publicly available information about the training data and algorithms used in Artificial Intelligence foundation models NO FAKES Act - unauthorized use of AI voice clones and digital replicas COPIED Act - related to transparency of Artificial Intelligence models TRAIN Act - related to transparency of Artificial Intelligence models

Copyright/Patent/Trademark

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 AI Foundation Model Transparency Act - establish standards for making publicly available information about the training data and algorithms used in Artificial Intelligence foundation models NO FAKES Act - unauthorized use of AI voice clones and digital replicas COPIED Act - related to transparency of Artificial Intelligence models TRAIN Act - related to transparency of Artificial Intelligence models RAP Act - First Amendment protection of lyrical content

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Digital Trade Issues related to copyright and generative Artificial Intelligence