1st Edition Jour J 110 Lecture 18 Outline of Last Lecture I New York Times v Sullivan II Actual Malice III Courtroom Publicity IV Privacy V Honesty the press VI Obscenity Outline of Current Lecture I Copyright Fair Use II Rise Fall of Broadcast Regulation III Mandating Fairness IV Telecommunications Act of 1996 Copyright Fair Use Creators have had their products and ideas protected since the 1st U S copyright law passed in 1790 Rise Fall of Broadcast Regulation Began with Radio Act of 1912 Passed immediately after sinking of the Titanic Commercial broadcast got started 1920 1925 broadcasters called for regulation Radio Act of 1927 created Federal Radio Commission Communications Act of 1934 Radio Commission evolved into Federal Communications Commission FCC These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute FCC 1927 act Airwaves are licensed to broadcaster but they do not own them FCC has power to regulate to insure public interest FCC can tell broadcasters what frequencies and power to use and where their transmitters can be located Mandating Fairness Equal Time Provision FCC policy that requires broadcast stations to make equivalent amounts of broadcast time available to all candidates running for public office Fairness Doctrine former FCC policy that required TV stations to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance Telecommunications Act of 1996 Called biggest reform of broadcast regulation since FCC in 1934 Revising Broadcast Regulation V chip Relaxed most rules that restricted how many stations a particular company could own Regulation of the Internet Communications Decency Act provision Tried to regulate the Internet Net Neutrality
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