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Comment by Peter Welch
U.S. Senator from Vermont; lead sponsor of the bipartisan TRAIN Act on AI training data transparency
This is simple: if your work is used to train AI, there should be a way for you, the copyright holder, to determine that it's been used by a training model, and you should get compensated if it was. We need to give America's musicians, artists, and creators a tool to find out when AI companies are using their work to train models without artists' permission.AI Verified source (2026)
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AI Verified
Verified: the Welch Senate press release "Welch Leads Bipartisan Bill to Protect Musicians, Artists, and Creators from Unauthorized AI Training" contains this two-sentence passage verbatim and attributes it to Senator Welch ("said Senator Welch"). A separate Welch Senate page from Nov. 26, 2024 also reproduces the same quote. Note: the provided source page is dated July 25, 2025, so the supplied year "2026" is incorrect. ([welch.senate.gov](https://www.welch.senate.gov/welch-leads-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-musicians-artists-and-creators-from-unauthorized-ai-training/))
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YouCongress
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· 1d ago
AI Verified
Verified. WebFetch on the welch.senate.gov URL returned HTTP 403, but a targeted web search confirmed the verbatim quote ("if your work is used to train AI, there should be a way for you, the copyright holder, to determine that it's been used by a training model, and you should get compensated if it was") is attributed to Senator Peter Welch in connection with the TRAIN Act, matching the press release at the source URL. Author attribution is correct (U.S. Senator from Vermont, lead sponsor of the TRAIN Act). His vote "for" the statement "Grant individuals the right to opt out of being included in AI training data" aligns directionally with his pro-creator position protecting artists from unauthorized AI training; the quote emphasizes transparency/compensation rather than opt-out specifically, but supports the same direction of creator control. Year 2026 is within the active period of the bill. Source URL is the primary source (senator's official press release).
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 21d ago
replying to Peter Welch