Creech, Kenneth,

Electronic media law and regulation / author; Kenneth C. Creech. - 6th ed. - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge. 2014. - xvi, 372 p, ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-359) and index.

Introduction to legal system -- Interpreting the first amendment -- The rationale of broadcast regulation -- The rationale of cable and satellite (DSS) television regulation -- Regulation of electronic media content -- Regulation of commercial practices -- Media ownership -- Intellectual property : copyright, music rights, and trademark -- Privacy and the electronic media -- Right of publicity -- Defamation : libel and the media -- Free press-fair trial : a conflict of rights -- Issues in information gathering -- Communications regulation : new technologies and the Internet.

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Television--Law and legislation--United States.
Radio--Law and legislation--United States.
Mass media--Law and legislation--United States.
Internet--Law and legislation--United States.

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