Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who represents the key music industry city of Nashville, is going into Wednesday's artificial intelligence hearing with her country-crooning constituents in mind.

Ahead of the Senate Judiciary's Subcommittee on Intellectual Property's second hearing on artificial intelligence focusing on copyright, Blackburn explained that the technology is currently infringing on the "stock and trade" of creators.

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"You've got a massive creative community in our state," she explained in an interview with the Washington Examiner. "And whether it is entertainers or it is brand infringement that companies like Gibson Guitars have seen ... those are things that are going to be vitally important."

Blackburn said she's already discussed the issue with some of the various creators and artists in her state. "We have talked to different artists. We have talked to songwriters. We've talked to the [Recording Industry Association of America], and, of course, they are concerned about that because this is an area that would infringe on their stock and trade."

According to the Tennessee Republican, it's of utmost importance that Congress works in "a judicious manner" and pays extra scrutiny to the "regulatory framework that's been put in place."

Asked for her thoughts on the Patent and Trademark Office's current regulations, she said, "There's got to be a little bit more specificity when it comes to this."

Earlier this week, it was reported that comedian Sarah Silverman joined two class-action lawsuits against OpenAI and Meta over copyright infringement. In court documents, she alleges they “copied and ingested” her proprietary works to teach their artificial intelligence technologies.

In response, Blackburn claimed, "This is one of the reasons it's important for Congress to do a few basic things."

These basic things include "establishing an online privacy law that will allow individuals to protect their content in the virtual space," as well as "looking at how you police IP rights for protecting those rights holders." Further, she said, Congress must determine how to "compensate these entertainers for that infringement."

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If the developments in AI continued unfettered, she added, "we would be quite concerned about the effect this would have on the creative works and the ability of a creator to earn a living from their works to benefit from their creations."

Blackburn reiterated that there is a "constitutional protection that is there for our innovators and our inventors, and they have that right to benefit from their work."