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Advocacy & Policy Network


NAMAC advocates for its members and the independent media field by partnering with other national advocacy groups working on a wide range of cultural, intellectual property, and telecommunications policy issues. From supporting local and regional grassroots activities to making sure our voices are heard by legislators and policymakers on Capitol Hill, NAMAC works to promote and protect the values of a free and independent media arts sector. We also strive to keep our members informed and energized about policy-related actions through news briefs, analysis and links to our partners' activities, and on-the-ground stories from activists around the country.


NAMAC has joined together with several organizations to advocate for legislation and policies that will have a positive and strengthening impact on the independent media field.


We partner with:

Center for Social Media

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Media Consortium Feed

Public Knowledge

This feed comes from the Media Consortium. The Media Consortium is a network of the country’s leading independent, progressive journalism organizations.

Issues

Along with our partners, NAMAC collects news and stories from local and regional media policy efforts from around the country, especially as these campaigns affect our constituents. Do you have local news and stories to share?
  • Engaging with Net Neutrality
    25 Aug 2010

     In the wake of Google-Verizon’s joint policy proposal, people are taking the battle of net neutrality to the streets in a way I haven’t seen before.

    Rachel Allen
  • USC Intellectual Property & Technology Law Clinic Wins Copyright Law Exemption on Behalf of Filmmaker
    29 Jul 2010
    A team of USC Law students from the USC Intellectual Property and Technology Clinic has helped secure an exemption that will allow documentary filmmakers to use material contained on DVDs and other sources that were previously off limits.
    USC Law News Service
  • WPA, Where Art Thou?
    15 Apr 2010
    Last month, Representative George Miller introduced the "Local Jobs for America Act," H. R. 4812, much-needed legislation "To provide funds to States, units of general local government, and community-based organizations to save and create local jobs through the retention, restoration, or expansion of services needed by local communities, and for other purposes."
    Arlene Goldbard
  • NAMAC Helps Highlight the Importance of an Open Internet
    19 Jan 2010

    On January 14, 2010, the National Alliance of Media Arts and Culture was one of thirteen independent creator organizations showing support for net neutrality in an FCC notice regarding the preservation of an Open Internet.  The comments submitted by the various organizations bear witness to the call for enforceable and lawful rules that can ensure equality to all creators on the Internet.  In a growing digital world, NAMAC wants to make sure every artist and creator has the opportunity to reach out to their potential audiences.

    Co-signers include Future of Music Coalition, the Writers Guild of America and the American Music Center to name a few.

    Carlo Pilgrim
  • Dear FCC: No Special Favors to Hollywood!
    5 Nov 2009
    The only thing stopping Hollywood from releasing movies to VOD earlier is… Hollywood. They could do it if they wanted to. There’s no law stopping them, there’s not technical limitation.

    They’ve imposed an artificial limitation as a lever to get what they want. If there were actual serious demand for movies on VOD sooner, I seriously doubt Hollywood would leave the money lying on the table.
    Chad Bergeron
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