Public Knowledge recognizes the many flaws within the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act. The JCPA threatens smaller news outlets and competition by favoring large news conglomerates and making information more difficult to access. Check out the following resources for more information:
Blog Posts
December 21, 2023: Why Google and Facebook Don’t Owe Publishers $14 Billion a Year
November 7, 2022: Strange Bedfellows: Why Advocates From Across the Spectrum Still Oppose the JCPA
September 6, 2022: Stop the Presses! JCPA Favors Big Media Broadcasters Over Newspapers!
June 24, 2022: Here We Go Again: Another Round of Changes Haven’t Solved the Problems with the JCPA
April 18, 2022: Not Big, If True: Congress’s Proposed Changes Fail to Solve the Fundamental Problems with the JCPA
December 21, 2021: We Can Save Local News Without Upending Copyright Law
July 21, 2021: We Told You So: Small Publishers Struggle for a Seat at the Table in Negotiations With Platforms in Australia and France
June 17, 2021: Can the Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Really Preserve Local Journalism? Public Knowledge Says “Probably Not.”
Press Releases
June 15, 2023: Public Knowledge Warns Congress Against Adopting Controversial Journalism Competition and Preservation Act
June 15, 2023: Public Knowledge Joins More Than Two Dozen Groups Urging Congress To Abandon Problematic ‘Journalism’ Bill
March 31, 2023: Public Knowledge Opposes Faulty ‘Journalism’ Bill Undermining Open Internet and Free Speech Online
December 5, 2022: Public Knowledge Joins 26 Groups Urging Congress To Drop JCPA from Must-Pass Defense Legislation
September 6, 2022: Public Knowledge Joins 20 Groups Urging Congress To Shelve Journalism Competition and Preservation Act
June 30, 2022: Marking A Win for Free Expression Online, Copyright Office Finds that New Forms of Copyright Would Not Benefit Journalism
February 2, 2022: Public Interest Advocates Warn Congress Against Adopting JCPA
June 17, 2021: Public Knowledge Joins 5 Consumer Groups Urging Congress To Amend JCPA or Risk Losing Internet Links
Other Public Knowledge Content
Public Knowledge’s Contact Congress Action
June 15, 2023: Senate Group Letter Opposing JCPA
December 5, 2022: Group Letter to Congressional Leadership Against JCPA’s NDAA Inclusion
September 6, 2022: Group Letter to Congress Opposing JCPA
February 23, 2022: Ancillary Copyright Explainer
June 17, 2021: Coalition Letter to Congress on the JCPA