As artificial intelligence continues to impact music creation, the Recording Academy is working closely with the U.S. Copyright Office to ensure that copyright law continues to protect human creators. Michael Graves was invited to participate in these discussions, contributing perspective from his work in mastering, audio restoration, and archival preservation.
The meeting, hosted by Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason Jr. and Acting Chief Advocacy & Public Policy Officer, Todd Dupler, brought together Recording Academy leadership and senior officials from the U.S. Copyright Office, including Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter, for a firsthand look at how AI is intersecting with modern music workflows. A key takeaway reaffirmed an essential principle: copyright protection requires meaningful human authorship, and works generated entirely by AI are not eligible for copyright under U.S. law.
(L-R) Todd Dupler, Josh Godwin, Maureen Droney, Michael Graves, Emerson Mancini, Alana Da Fonseca, Shira Perlmutter, Harvey Mason Jr., Qiana Conley, Suzanne "Suzy" Wilson at Evergreen Studios in Burbank, CA, March, 22 2023
Also in attendance were members of the Recording Academy’s Producers & Engineers Wing, including singer-songwriter-producer Alana Da Fonseca, multi-GRAMMY and Latin GRAMMY-winning engineer Josh Gudwin, and GRAMMY-winning mastering engineers Michael Graves and Emerson Mancini, along with Maureen Droney, Vice President of the P&E Wing, and Qiana Conley, Los Angeles Chapter Executive Director.
For Osiris Studio, where preserving human performance and artistic intent is central to every project, this distinction is critical. Michael Graves appreciated the opportunity to participate in this important dialogue and to help represent the perspective of engineers and archivists working at the intersection of technology, creativity, and preservation.