Media & Entertainment Law

This textbook continues to combine comprehensive coverage with rigorous analysis of a key area of the law. The sixth edition has been robustly updated, reflecting the enormous changes brought about by artificial intelligence, and how it is influencing not only intellectual property law but also common law development in the UK, EU and USA.

List of contents

1. Freedom of expression and media freedom 2. Privacy and data protection laws 3. Defamation and reputational rights 4. Reporting legal proceedings 5. Contempt of court 6. Regulating the communications industry 7. Regulating the print media 8. Intellectual property law 9. Entertainment Law

About the author

Ursula Smartt is Associate Professor of Law at Northeastern University London and Boston, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Ursula Smartt, Smartt Ursula
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032849294
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3284929-4
• No. of pages: 92
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; History, Media Studies, LAW / General, LAW / Communications, LAW / Media & the Law, Press & journalism, Humanities, News media and journalism, Entertainment & media law, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Entertainment and media law