Intelligence Officials Express Concern Over Big Tech Breakup
On September 15, several former top national security officials sent a letter asking Congress to delay antitrust bills, because it would harm the U.S. in its tech race with China. Axios published the letter, signed by 12 former intelligence officials ... Read More
Copyright Office Publishes a Study on Copyright and State Sovereign Immunity
On August 31, the U.S. Copyright Office published its long-awaited study on state sovereign immunity in copyright cases. The report, requested last year by Senators Thom Tills (R-NC) and Patrick Leahy (D-VT), finds that although there are multiple documented cases ... Read More
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Google’s Settlement with the French Authorities Offers a Glimpse of Hope for News Publishers
In early June, the French competition authority, Autorité de la concurrence, announced that Google had reached an agreement with the authority to settle an antitrust investigation regarding the tech giant’s anticompetitive behavior in the market for online advertising services ... Read More
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Statement: Antitrust Bills Offer Long-Term Solution to Reining in Big Tech
Over the last year, multiple lawsuits, bills and investigations have been introduced to examine the anticompetitive behavior of Big Tech companies, such as Facebook and Google, and how their dominance of the online ecosystem harms news publishers and other creators ... Read More
FTC’s Google Memos Underline the Need for Legislation to Balance the Online Marketplace
In mid-March, Politico published a powerful piece of investigative reporting titled “How Washington fumbled the future,” detailing the Federal Trade Commission’s 2012 investigation into Google’s anticompetitive conduct and the agency’s failure to bring a case against Google ... Read More
Alliance Submits Comments on Proposed Changes to the Copyright Act
On March 5, the News Media Alliance submitted comments to Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) regarding his proposed Digital Copyright Act of 2021 (DCA) discussion draft, published in December 2020. The discussion draft includes numerous revisions to Sections 512 and 1201 ... Read More
Statement: Australia Passes News Media Bargaining Code, Platforms Must Pay for News
Today, the Australian Parliament voted to pass the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission news media bargaining code, which requires the dominant tech platforms to, among other things, negotiate with and compensate news publishers in Australia for use of their content ... Read More
‘The Real Story: Who Will Pay for the News?’: BBC World News Service with Danielle Coffey
News Media Alliance Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Danielle Coffey, joined a panel on BBC's World News Service radio show, "The Real Story: Who Will Pay for the News?" to discuss the proposed news media bargaining code in Australia ... Read More
Statement: Facebook to Restrict Sharing of News in Australia
Facebook has announced it will limit sharing and viewing of news by publishers and users in Australia on its platform, in response to the proposed news media bargaining code in the country ... Read More
Statement: News Media Alliance Applauds Australian News Media Bargaining Code Report Requiring Big Tech to Pay for News
The News Media Alliance commends the release today of the Australian Parliament’s Economics Legislation Committee Report on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) News Media Bargaining Code ... Read More
Alliance CEO Op-Ed: Media Code is Thoughtful, Brave and Might Save Journalism
An op-ed by News Media Alliance President & CEO, David Chavern ran in The Australian today, regarding the proposed bargaining code in Australia to require the big tech platforms to pay news publishers for use of their content ... Read More
Statement: News Media Alliance Criticizes U.S. Trade Representative Letter Pressuring Australian Government to Postpone Platform Bargaining Code
Today the News Media Alliance sent a letter to the U.S. Economic Council Director, Brian Deese, and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)-Designate, Hon. Katherine Tai, to express serious concerns about a recent attempt by the USTR – in the very last ... Read More
