A0B 6 (Music Press) Regulation

The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) is a voluntary regulatory body for British newspapers and magazines. They are self regulated and because of this they are deemed to be toothless. People think that they don't want to 'bite the hand that feeds' meaning that the newspapers pay for the commission. The PCC is funded by the annual levy which it charges newspapers and magazines. The PCC have a Code of Practice and publications agree to meet the standards of this code. If a publication breaches the code, the first step the PCC would take would be adjudication with due prominence which basically means that members of the PCC decide whether the code has been broken and from there suggest appropriate measures of correction to the publication. The PCC has a 'publish and be damned' policy. This means that they publish whatever they think and worry about the consequences later. The most complaint made to the PCC is accuracy. Other possible areas of complaint covered by the code include opportunity to reply, harassment, intrusion into grief and shock, discrimination and witness payments. Editors will sometimes try to get out of the accusations made against them by stating that the articles are in the interests of the public. The PCC does not possess any actual legal power.