Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

Organizations representing every corner of the music industry, from gospel to the byzantine publishing business, have issued an open letter to President-elect Donald Trump today asking for consideration when he takes the oath of office on Jan. 20.

"Congratulations on your election," the letter opens (full text below). "We look forward to working with you and your Administration on behalf of American music."

In it, the collective music business of America asks Trump to make good on ideas he presented in his campaign platform, in which he wrote (and the letter cites): "With the rise of the digital economy, it has become even more critical that we protect intellectual property rights and preserve freedom of contract rather than create regulatory barriers to creativity, growth, and innovation."

Essentially, the business is requesting what it has been for some time, alluding to getting rid of or heavily relaxing the consent decrees that govern how ASCAP and BMI -- which oversee the licensing of songwriters' compositions -- operate and how much they can charge; more effective methods of enforcement for copyright infringement; and, of course, the tightening of safe harbor provisions, which they argue protect tech giants like YouTube and Dailymotion (that last significantly more popular in Europe) from meeting on level playing field in negotiations over licensing.

Five days ago the first copyright reform proposal hit Washington, calling for increased congressional oversight of the process from top to bottom, including a new appointment process for the Register of Copyrights (the most recent person to serve in that role was recently ousted unceremoniously).

The letter also follows by a week YouTube's claim of having paid $1 billion to stakeholders in the music industry this year, which it did not explain outside of providing the figure and which one source told Billboard at the time was thus unverifiable. That, after a sustained optics campaign against YouTube that began in April over the "value gap" between what subscription services like Spotify pay for music and what YouTube does. (Sources suggest YouTube pays about one-third what Spotify's subscription tier does, though Spotify's free, ad-supported tier is said to pay about half what YouTube does.)

It also arrives one day ahead of Trump's meeting with leaders from Silicon Valley, said to include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Larry Page and Eric Schmidt of Google's (and YouTube's) parent company Alphabet and Apple CEO Tim Cook, among others.

On the point of piracy, the industry was accused of overreaching yesterday by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which litigates and lobbies for more "open" digital rights. The EFF criticized a proposal from BMG, brought in the midst of a lawsuit against an internet service provider, for pirates' internet access to be cut, saying copyright holders are pushing for overly broad powers in determining who is breaking the rules. "A subscriber is a 'repeat infringer' and subject to termination, they argue, whenever they say so," the EFF"s Kerry Sheehan wrote. Currently, however, there are little effective means of copyright enforcement outside of independent investigations often undertaken by groups like the RIAA, sometimes in concert with law enforcement agencies.

President-elect Trump's inbox is quite full these days, filled with journalists lobbying for protections around their work, the leader of Brooklyn beseeching Trump to respect Muslim-Americans, scientists pleading for a fact-based approach to climate change, and even Humans of New York promising to hold the reality star and newly minted politician accountable for his words and actions .

To cut through all that noise, perhaps they should've given a copy to Kanye West this morning.

Dear Mr. President-Elect:

Congratulations on your election to serve as the 45th President of the United States. We look forward to working with you and your Administration on behalf of American music – one of our nation’s most valuable forms of art and intellectual property, and a powerful driver of high-quality U.S. jobs and exports.

We represent the music community of America. From songwriters, musicians and recording artists, to artist managers, music publishers and record companies. From producers and engineers, to performing rights organizations and genre organizations that promote everything from Americana and blues to classical, Christian, Gospel and country to hip-hop, jazz, pop, rock, R&B, and everything in between.

So much of what you wrote in your platform this summer about intellectual property and private property rights resonated with many of us, including:

“Intellectual property is a driving force in today’s global economy of constant innovation. It is the wellspring of American economic growth and job creation. With the rise of the digital economy, it has become even more critical that we protect intellectual property rights and preserve freedom of contract rather than create regulatory barriers to creativity, growth, and innovation.”

And calling for strong action to enforce intellectual property laws against infringers.

As you meet tomorrow with some of the world’s major corporate technology executives, we wanted to highlight some points that are assuring the continued dynamism of music as one of America’s national treasures.

Music powers economic growth. Among other research, just this week a new study reported that music and other copyright industries in the U.S. contribute more than $1.2 trillion to our national economy and create jobs for more than 5.5 million Americans. Music is one of our nation’s great exports.

Music drives innovation. Consumers today enjoy more music in more formats than ever, as the music industry has aggressively embraced technology. The industry has worked with more than 360 digital services providing instant access to tens of millions of songs from any location in our country at the touch of a button.

Indeed, many of today’s popular technology platforms owe much of their growth and success to music. Music is responsible for the most-followed accounts on Facebook and Twitter, the most-watched videos on YouTube, and is one of the most popular draws for phones and other personal devices. These platforms thrive and grow by delivering the creative genius of songwriters and artists.

As partners, many in the technology and corporate community should be commended for doing their part to help value creators and their content. Some have developed systems to promote a healthy market for music and deter theft. However, much more needs to be done. Search engines, user upload content platforms, hosting companies, and domain name registrars and registries should follow others’ example to effectively stop theft and assure fair payment.

Further, there is a massive “value grab” as some of these corporations weaken intellectual property rights for America’s creators by exploiting legal loopholes never intended for them – perversely abusing U.S. law to underpay music creators, thus harming one of America’s economic and job engines.

Surely the world’s most sophisticated technology corporations can do better – by helping to prevent illegal access and paying fair market value for music with prices set by or based on the free market.

Strong protection for intellectual property rights will assure growth in both creativity and technology, benefiting the American economy as a whole.

We hope you will lead the effort to assure American creativity is encouraged, invested in, protected and fairly compensated in a manner that carries out the exclusive rights guaranteed in the Constitution to those who, with the genius of their mind, form the cultural identity of our great nation.

Sincerely,

American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)

American Federation of Musicians

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Americana Music Association

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)

Church Music Publishers’ Association (CMPA) Christian Music Trade Association (CMTA) Gospel Music Association

The Living Legends Foundation, Inc.

Music Managers Forum - U.S.

Nashville Songwriters’ Association International (NSAI)

National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)

The Recording Academy

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)

Rhythm & Blues Foundation

Screen Actors’ Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) SESAC

The Songwriters Guild of America

SoundExchange