; and (B) either: (i) has earned less than $1,000,000 in licensing revenues associated with these copyrights in the prior year; or (ii) qualifies as a small business under the Office of Management and Budget North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code 512250. (b) Limitation of liability An Individual Music Creator Owner shall not be held liable under the antitrust laws for agreeing with other Individual Music Creator Owners to collectively negotiate music licensing terms with a Dominant Online Music Distribution Platform or a company engaged in development or deployment of generative artificial intelligence, or agreeing with other Individual Music Creator Owners to collectively refuse to license their music to a Dominant Online Music Distribution Platform or a company engaged in development or deployment of generative artificial intelligence, if— (1) the negotiations are not limited to price, are nondiscriminatory as to similarly situated independent creator/owners; (2) the coordination among Independent Music Creator Owners is directly related to and reasonably necessary for negotiations with a Dominant Online Music Distribution Platform that are otherwise consistent with the operation of the Antitrust laws; and (3) the negotiations do not involve any person that is not an Independent Music Creator Owner or a Dominant Online Music Distribution Platform. (c) Rule of construction Except as provided in this Act, this Act shall not be construed to modify, impair, or supersede the operation of the antitrust laws.