@ArtistRights Institute Newsletter 5/19/25
The Artist Rights Watch podcast returns for another season! This week's episode features Chris Castle on An Artist's Guide to Record Releases Part 2. Download it here or subscribe wherever you get your audio podcasts.
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Restatement of Copyright
Copyright Alliance CEO and 13 Others Resign from ALI’s Copyright Restatement Project (Letter to ALI)
There is No Unity: The Copyright Restatement Starts to Crumble (Chris Castle/MusicTechPolicy)
Artificial Intelligence: Legislation
Big Beautiful AI Safe Harbor asks If David Sacks wants to Make America Screwed Again? (Trichordist Editor/The Trichordist)
God Bless Texas: The New AI Safe Harbor Bill Will Fail (Chris Castle/MusicTechPolicy)
Artificial Intelligence: SAG-AFTRA Contracts
SAG-AFTRA’s New Audio Commercials Contract Revamps Structure, Expands AI Protections. (Inside Radio)
Artificial Intelligence: Business
Netflix will use AI to make ad breaks look less like ad breaks (Emma Roth/The Verge)
15 AI Books to Demystify the World of Artificial Intelligence in 2025 (Fadeke Adegbuyi/Digital Ocean)
Internet Accountability
Apple Joins the Push for Kids Online Safety Act (Will Oremus/Washington Post)
Books
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control, Stuart J. Russell
Weapons of Math Destruction, Cathy O'Neil