browse Browse

pac.dog pac.dog / Lobbying

1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
2f56e4f1-e224-4f29-b583-89169d94f7d8
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-20 21:15:00
Income (reported)
Expenses (reported)
$380,000
Expenses method
A
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov
Registrant (lobbying firm)

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)

Contact
BILAL CHOUDHRY
Phone
+1 212-833-6029
Address
zip:10010, city:NEW YORK, state:NY, street:25 MADISON AVENUE
Client

SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT)

State
NY
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2007-08-09
Issues lobbied + lobbyists (2)

CPT — Copyright/Patent/Trademark

- Support for policies that promote strong and effective copyright protection in the U.S. and abroad, including in trade policy and emerging technologies - Support for policies that ensure fair compensation and rate standards for rightsholders across all music distribution platforms - Support of efforts to streamline the music licensing system so that it operates more efficiently and fairly for all stakeholders - Support for efforts to modernize the U.S. Copyright Office - Support for efforts to update the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) - Support for policies that encourage Internet "intermediaries" (including ISPs, search engines, digital commerce platforms, domain registrars/registries, and advertisers) to take steps to curb music piracy - Discussion of global IP issues, scope of copyright, and digital trade - Support for the American Music Fairness Act (H.R. 861/S 326) - Discussion of the impact of artificial intelligence on the music industry, and support for responsible AI development, including legislation such as the TRAIN Act (S 2455), No Fakes Act (H.R. 2794/S 1367), and the AI Accountability and Personal Data Protection Act (S 2367)

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Patent & Trademark Office (PTO); SENATE

CIV — Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

- Support for Restoring Artistic Expression (RAP) Act

Lobbyists:

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

pac.dog is a free, independent, non-partisan research tool. Every candidate, committee, bill, vote, member, and nonprofit on this site is mirrored from primary U.S. government sources (FEC, congress.gov, govinfo.gov, IRS) and each state's Secretary of State / election commission — no third-party data vendors, no paywall, no editorial intermediation. Citations to the originating source are on every detail page.