Ch. 15 outline — Media Law

I am not posting the powerpoints because we did a shortened version, but you need to be familiar with:

• First Amendment, 1789, and what it guarantees

• Copyright Act, 1791

• Antitrust Act, 1890 — How did that play into the story of the Arkansas Gazette?

• Telecommunications Act, 1996

• Freedom of speech — Defamation, libel, slander

• Politics and Fairness Doctrine

• Obscenity and Indecency

• Privacy — USA PATRIOT Act

• Intellectual property — Patents, copyrights, trademarks, Fair Use

• Ownership issues — Antitrust, vertical and horizontal integration

• Freedom of Information laws