The JCPA is scheduled for markup this week in the Senate Judiciary Committee, but its primary supporters are the Big Media corporations that it will ultimately benefit. Free speech advocates, bipartisan consumer advocates, archivists, startups and copyright law experts all urge the Senate to reject the JCPA. PRESS PUBLISHERS HAVE EXISTING PROTECTIONS U.S. Copyright Office: “Press publishers have significant protections…

In spite of its name, the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) does not support the type of journalism in greatest need: local, independent outlets. This is not a coincidence. The loudest proponents of the federal JCPA and California’s near-identical version the California Journalism Preservation Act (CJPA) are also the biggest media conglomerates like Gannett and Alden Global Capital. To…

Copyright law has wide-reaching impacts on all aspects of life, especially with advancements in the digital age. As policymakers consider how to spur innovation, creativity and economic growth, Re:Create outlined our 2023 balanced copyright priorities in a letter to Congress.

In February 2022, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) convened a two-day workshop with participants from a variety of backgrounds, including “academics, legal scholars, independent and affiliated journalists, publishers, and representatives of non-governmental organizations and technology companies.” The GAO’s goal: compile insights about journalism and news consumption amidst an ongoing digital transformation. One year later, following supplemental interviews and a…

Re:Create issued the following statement after the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was reintroduced in the 118th Congress: “A few months ago congressional concerns over the JCPA’s expansive harms to local journalism and opposition to its unbridled financial support for Big Media led to its downfall. Nothing has changed, and the re-introduced JCPA remains shrouded in these same concerns,”…

In honor of this year’s Fair Use Week, Re:Create Coalition is highlighting how fair use enhances creativity and is essential to everyday activities. From using quoted classic literature text in a book report, to creating memes based on a copyrighted picture, to reporters using previously aired news content in their news segment — fair use is essential to everyone. Re:Create…