Digital Media Law - A Practical Guide for the Media and Entertainment Industries

Digital Media Law offers a practical guide to the law of media and communication, focusing on digital channels, models, and technologies. It draws together the aspects of media law that are most critical for those engaged in the production and distribution of digital media.

List of contents

1. Defining Digital Media 2. Law and the U.S. Legal System 3. The First Amendment 4. Defamation 5. Privacy and Publicity 6. Newsgathering 7. Reporting on the Government 8. Commercial Speech and Advertising 9. Radio and Television 10. The Internet 11. Intellectual Property: Media as IP User 12. Intellectual Property: Media as Producer 13. Case: Mountain One Media

About the author

Christopher S. Reed is a lawyer in the entertainment industry focusing on intellectual property, First Amendment, antitrust, and general commercial litigation. He previously served as the head of global content protection at 21st Century Fox, the senior policy advisor to the U.S. Register of Copyrights, and a trial attorney for the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He began his legal career as a law clerk to the Honorable Steven J. McAuliffe of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. He holds a BS in economics from Lehigh University, and JD and LLM degrees from the Franklin Pierce School of Law at the University of New Hampshire, where he now serves as a professor of practice. His website is www.chrisreed.com.

Summary

Digital Media Law offers a practical guide to the law of media and communication, focusing on digital channels, models, and technologies. It draws together the aspects of media law that are most critical for those engaged in the production and distribution of digital media.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher S. Reed, Reed Christopher S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9781032055312
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205531-2
• No. of pages: 274
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Public law, administrative procedural law, constitutional procedural law; History, Media Studies, LAW / General, LAW / Media & the Law, LAW / Corporate, LAW / Business & Financial, Press & journalism, Humanities, Jurisprudence & general issues, News media and journalism, Entertainment & media law, Jurisprudence and general issues, Entertainment and media law