Major Principles of Media Law

Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Table of Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 11
Table of Cases......Page 15
The Key Role of the Courts......Page 25
Structure of the U.S. Court System......Page 26
Types of Law......Page 37
Criminal Law and Civil Law......Page 43
Torts and Damages......Page 44
The Story of a Lawsuit......Page 46
How to Find the Law......Page 52
Censorship in England......Page 57
Freedom in a New Nation......Page 61
The First Amendment......Page 62
The First Amendment: Scholars' Views......Page 64
Nineteenth-Century Press Freedom......Page 66
Sedition in the Twentieth Century......Page 70
The First Amendment and the States......Page 73
Postwar Sedition and Dissent......Page 74
Interpreting the Constitution......Page 77
The Future of Freedom in a Terrorist Era......Page 80
Ch 3: Modern Prior Restraints......Page 87
Near v. Minnesota......Page 88
National Security and the "Pentagon Papers"......Page 89
Censoring "Hate Speech"......Page 97
Controls on Literature Distribution......Page 104
Prior Restraints and Abortion Protests......Page 113
Other Picketing and Related Issues......Page 118
Anonymous Speech......Page 129
Discriminatory Taxation as Censorship......Page 132
Other Prior Restraint Questions......Page 134
A Summary of Prior Restraints......Page 146
Ch 4: Libel and Slander......Page 147
Libel Defined......Page 149
An Overview of Libel......Page 150
The Elements of Libel......Page 152
Libel Defenses......Page 160
Libel and the First Amendment......Page 173
Refining the Actual Malice Rule......Page 181
Libel and Procedural Rights......Page 187
Other Issues in Defamation Law......Page 201
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 208
A Summary of Libel and Slander......Page 210
The History of Privacy Law......Page 211
An Overview of Privacy Law......Page 222
Intrusion......Page 224
Disclosure of Private Facts......Page 234
False Light and Fictionalization......Page 240
Misappropriation......Page 242
Privacy Defenses......Page 253
The Internet and Privacy......Page 254
Data Privacy Developments......Page 261
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 264
A Summary of the Right of Privacy......Page 266
Ch 6: Copyrights and Trademarks......Page 267
An Overview of Copyright Law......Page 270
The Fair Use Doctrine......Page 286
Copyrights and Music Licensing......Page 298
Cable Television Copyright Problems......Page 300
Recording Technologies and Copyright Law......Page 301
Computers, the Internet and Copyright Laws......Page 303
International Copyrights......Page 325
Unfair Competition......Page 330
Trademarks......Page 333
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 344
A Summary of Copyright Law......Page 346
Prejudicial Publicity and Fair Trials......Page 347
Closed Courtrooms......Page 359
Cameras in Court......Page 371
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 378
A Summary of Fair Trial-Free Press Issues......Page 380
Ch 8: Newsgatherer's Privilege......Page 381
Tools of the Court......Page 383
The First Amendment and Reporter's Privilege......Page 385
State Shield Laws......Page 399
Who is a Journalist?......Page 403
Lawsuits by News Sources......Page 408
Newsroom Searches......Page 409
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 411
A Summary of News-Gatherer's Privilege......Page 412
Ch 9: Freedom of Information......Page 413
The Federal Freedom of Information Act......Page 416
Electronic Freedom of Information......Page 431
FoI Limitations......Page 432
Federal Open Meeting Legislation......Page 442
State Open Meeting and Record Laws......Page 443
Access to Other Places and Proceedings......Page 447
Practical Suggestions for Media Professionals......Page 452
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 453
A Summary of FoI Laws......Page 454
Ch 10: Obscenity and the Law......Page 455
Early Pornography Battles......Page 456
Changing Standards after 1900......Page 457
Setting a New Standard......Page 463
Other Forms of Censorship......Page 470
Municipal Pornography Regulation......Page 477
New Technologies and Sexual Content......Page 484
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 485
A Summary of Obscenity and the Law......Page 486
Ch 11: Regulation of Electronic Media......Page 487
Broadcast Regulation: A Global View......Page 488
The Radio Spectrum......Page 489
The Birth of Broadcast Regulation......Page 492
An Overview of the FCC......Page 495
Broadcast Licensing......Page 497
Broadcast Content Regulation......Page 504
Cable Television Regulation......Page 533
New Electronic Media Technologies......Page 546
Internet Technologies and Challenges......Page 552
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 555
A Summary of Electronic Media Regulation......Page 558
Ch 12: Media Ownership Issues......Page 559
An Overview of Antitrust Law......Page 560
The First Amendment and Antitrust Law......Page 564
Newspaper Antitrust Cases......Page 565
Joint Operating Agreements......Page 568
Broadcast Media Ownership Issues......Page 573
Mass Media Mergers and Antitrust Law......Page 581
Antitrust and Digital Media......Page 584
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 586
A Summary of Ownership Issues......Page 588
The First Amendment and Advertising......Page 589
Corporate Freedom of Speech......Page 604
Advertising and Media Access......Page 614
Federal Advertising Regulation......Page 617
State Advertising Regulation......Page 635
Self-Regulation......Page 638
Advertising on the Internet......Page 639
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 643
A Summary of Advertising and the Law......Page 644
Ch 14: Freedom of the Student Press......Page 645
Early Supreme Court Decisions......Page 646
The Supreme Court Changes the Rules......Page 647
Collegiate Fallout from Hazelwood......Page 650
High School Cases after Hazelwood......Page 659
Freedom at Private Schools......Page 665
Practical Considerations......Page 666
An Overview of Major Issues......Page 667
A Summary of Student Press Law......Page 668
Selected Excerpts from the Law......Page 669
Index......Page 670