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PA HR81: Urging the Congress of the United States to amend 17 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 107 to protect creative workers against displacement by artificial intelligenc…

In Committee Pennsylvania · 2025–2026 session

Last verified Oct 16, 2026 · official bill text

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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.

In one paragraph

Pennsylvania's HR 81 (2025-26) is a House resolution, so it would not change the law. It would urge Congress to amend 17 U.S.C. 102 and 107 to protect creative workers from displacement by AI, including making only majority human-made work copyrightable and treating scraping of copyrighted works into AI programs as outside fair use. The committee reported it 26-0 on April 24, 2025; it was laid on the table June 11, 2025.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

No duties for businesses. The resolution is not law; it urges Congress to change copyright rules on AI-made work and AI training on copyrighted works.

Key provisions

  1. Resolution only; it does not create or change any law and would only urge Congress to act
  2. Would urge Congress to amend 17 U.S.C. 102 (copyright subject matter) and 107 (fair use) to protect creative workers from AI displacement
  3. Would urge specifying that only work created in majority part by natural persons is copyrightable, and that work created in majority part by anyone else is inherently public domain
  4. Would urge clarifying that feeding copyrighted works ('scraping') into an AI program is not subject to the fair use doctrine
  5. Would direct that copies go to the President, the presiding officers of each house of Congress and Pennsylvania's members of Congress
  6. Reported as committed by the House Communications & Technology Committee 26-0 on April 24, 2025; laid on the table June 11, 2025

Latest legislative action

Jun 11, 2025. Laid on the table (Pursuant to House Rule 71)

Sponsors

NameRoleDistrict
D Sponsor HD-153
D Sponsor HD-156
D Sponsor HD-174
D Sponsor HD-167
D Sponsor HD-190

Roll call votes

H House Communications And Technology: Report Bill As Committed Apr 24, 2025

26 yea0 nayPassed

Topics and industries

Related topics

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Affected industries

MediaEmployment

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