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PA HR81
Resolution
Status
2/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Kristine Howard
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AI Summary
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Pennsylvania House Resolution urging Congress to amend federal copyright law (17 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 107) to protect creative workers from AI displacement
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Proposed amendments would specify that only works created in majority part by human beings are eligible for copyright protection
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Works created in majority part by non-human entities (including AI) would automatically be classified as public domain
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"Scraping" of copyrighted works to train AI programs would be excluded from fair use protections, deemed intrinsically harmful to the market value of original works
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Copies of the resolution would be transmitted to the U.S. President, presiding officers of Congress, and all Pennsylvania members of Congress
Legislative Description
Urging the Congress of the United States to amend 17 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 107 to protect creative workers against displacement by artificial intelligence technology.
Last Action
Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)
6/11/2025