Congress Trying To Sneak Through Internet Link Tax To Funnel Cash To Private Equity Firms That Are Destroying Local Journalism

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Congress Trying To Sneak Through Internet Link Tax To Funnel Cash To Private Equity Firms That Are Destroying Local Journalism from the link-taxes-are-bad-news dept Congress has a bad habit.Despite an outpouring of opposition from twenty diverse organizations – ranging from small publishers, civil society groups, and copyright law experts – and significant concerns raised by bipartisan Senators at the markup, there has not been sufficient public discussion of the harmful, reverberating impacts the JCPA would have on local news and the online information landscape.Additionally, the process purposely turned a blind eye and ignored the many more structural problems facing local news.An FTC discussion draft on the issues facing local journalism found that the approach being taken by the JCPA is ill-advised.Filed Under: antitrust, competition, copyright, jcpa, journalism, link tax, must pass, omnibus Companies: alden capital, gannett Companies: alden capital, gannett Comments on “Congress Trying To Sneak Through Internet Link Tax To Funnel Cash To Private Equity Firms That Are Destroying Local Journalism” Our congress critters are more concerned about grandstanding or doing everything in their power to keep the other party from accomplishing anything then they are about debating and creating good and usefull laws."

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