Press Releases

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Free Press Action Fund Calls on Congress to Return MPAA’s Dirty Money
January 24, 2012
WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, the Free Press Action Fund called on Congress to return campaign donations from the Motion Picture Association of America.

In an interview last week, MPAA President Chris Dodd, a former U.S. senator, threatened to cut off campaign donations to members of Congress who vote against legislation the MPAA supports.
Senate Delays PROTECT IP Vote After Public Outcry
January 20, 2012
WASHINGTON – On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he would delay a vote on the PROTECT IP Act. A cloture vote on the controversial legislation had been scheduled for Tuesday.

Craig Aaron, president and CEO of the Free Press Action Fund, made the following statement:
Free Press Action Fund: Even Without Blocking Provisions, Problems Remain in IP Bills
January 13, 2012
WASHINGTON -- On Friday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) said that he has suggested removing a provision from the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that would allow for blocking domain names of websites that illegally post copyrighted content.
Free Press Action Fund: Changes to Piracy Bills Could Help, but Problems Remain
January 12, 2012
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) said in an interview with Vermont Public Radio that he was willing to eliminate a provision from the controversial PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) that allows for blocking domain names of websites that illegally post copyrighted content.
Congress Must Not Trample Internet Users in Rush to Pass Copyright Legislation
December 15, 2011
WASHINGTON -- On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee held a markup of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would give companies largely unchecked power to blacklist thousands of websites that they suspect of copyright infringement.

If enacted, SOPA could force popular websites where people share videos, images and other data to censor user content or risk being blocked themselves.
Free Press Blacks Out Website in Solidarity with American Censorship Day
November 16, 2011
WASHINGTON -- On Wednesday, Free Press, along with dozens of other groups, participated in American Censorship Day in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261), a bill that would let corporations rip apart the open structure of the Internet.