The National Independent Venue Association is asking fans and professionals to lobby Congress and the White House to pass two bills that would clean up live events ticketing.
Legislation by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks that would have forced the company to share its inventory with resale sites was watered down after widespread industry pushback.
The legislation creates the structure of a fund that would also provide grants to promoters and performers.
More artists with funding means more art. The greater the creative output of our nation, the greater the diversity of voices with the potential to gain an audience.
The proposed legislation would ban practices like speculative ticketing and make platforms responsible for recouping customers who fall victim to scams.
"Our voices and likenesses are... not mere digital kibble for a machine to duplicate without consent," Lainey Wilson told members of Congress
The ad bears the names of nearly 300 artists, songwriters and other creators who support the No AI FRAUD Act introduced in the U.S. House on Jan. 10.
The ugly incident is a sign of things to come, experts say, as AI tools make pornographic deepfakes easier to create and tech platforms scale back content moderation.
The "ELVIS" Act arrives the same day as the "No AI FRAUD" Act in the U.S. House, which addresses similar issues at the federal level.
Backed by a bipartisan coalition of senators, the Fans First Act would also strengthen a 2016 law prohibiting the use of automated bots to purchase tickets online.
