Entertainment and media law

Media product portfolios are rapidly becoming the predominant shared characteristic of media companies worldwide.

Few people associate law books with humor.

Now in its fifth edition, this textbook combines comprehensive coverage with rigorous analysis of a key area of the law.

This 2005 book uses the experience of reporters and subeditors to present a practical view of reporting on the legal system.

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Readings in Law and Popular Culture is the first book to bring together high quality research, with an emphasis on context, from key researchers working at the cutting-edge of both law and cultural disciplines.

This is the first book to present a critical analysis of the concept of the European Model of Sport (EMS).

This thought-provoking book provides a systematic, philosophically-grounded reconceptualisation of press freedom and press regulation.

Nasty, below-the-belt campaigns, mudslinging, and character attacks.

This fully revised seventh edition provides a thorough introduction to both the legal and ethical considerations relevant to students pursuing careers in media, law and communication.

From fake news to foreign affairs, the media continues to be one of the dominating forces of modern life.

The debate around the role of drugs in sport is vibrant.

Intellectual property law plays a pivotal role in ensuring that luxury goods companies can recoup their investments in the creation and dissemination of their copyrighted works, trademarked logos, and patented designs.

The book deals with the effective operation of the rules related to biomedical research and pays attention to the activities of the national legislatures of the 27 Member States in the field of scientific research.

Match-fixing represents a greater potential threat to the integrity of sport than doping.

This is the first book to investigate the significance of Brexit for sport, with a particular focus on the regulatory and legal challenges that it poses, and the economic and political stresses that are likely to follow in its wake.

Case Studies in Sport Communication: You Make the Call goes beyond the box scores by offering readers the opportunity to evaluate popular and diverse issues in sport-including management, crisis, health, ethics, gender, race, and social media.

This study is based on the authors' fieldwork inside Cultural Enterprise Office, a small Scottish agency that supports creative businesses.

This exceptional new text offers an up-to-date and integrated approach to communication law.

Media Production Agreements is an invaluable reference tool for film, television and video producers and has been written specifically for all those involved in the media industry.

Whilst corruption and organized crime have been widely researched, they have not yet been specifically linked to sport.

The Musician's Business and Legal Guide provides vital information to help demystify the music business and the complex body of law that shapes it.

Questions concerning the quality of media performance and the effectiveness of media policymaking often revolve around the extent to which the media system fulfills the values inherent in diversity and localism principles.

In this expanded and updated second edition, esteemed television executive and Harvard lecturer Ken Basin offers a comprehensive and readable overview of the business, financial, and legal structure of the U.

Bringing together leading match-fixing researchers from different fields, this book offers new theoretical and applied perspectives on this persistent problem in sport and wider society.

In an age of digital globalization, navigating the complex landscape of international health data transfers presents significant challenges.

This book offers a unique insight into the world of standard-setting organizations (SSOs)' IPR policies and the role they play in balancing the interests of innovators and implementers, vis-a-vis the development of standards.

This book discusses the dogmatic (that what is settled) and the dynamic (that what is changing) aspects of the relationship between blockchain and the law from a critical perspective.

In Media and Law: Between Free Speech and Censorship, Mathieu Deflem and Derek M.

The patent system is based on "e;one-patent-per-product"e; presumption and therefore fails to sustain complex follow-on innovations that contain a number of patents.

Research in the area of intellectual property (IP) is increasingly relevant to the rapidly growing artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics industries, affecting the legal, business, manufacturing, and healthcare sectors.

The Future of Journalism: Developments and Debates analyses the radical shifts in journalism which are changing every aspect of the gathering, reporting and reception of news.

This book explores the authors' legal thinking on artificial intelligence (AI), a topic of burgeoning interest in the technology sector and among the general public.

The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had become a magnet for libel claimants.

In a stinging dissent to a 1961 Supreme Court decision that allowed the Illinois state bar to deny admission to prospective lawyers if they refused to answer political questions, Justice Hugo Black closed with the memorable line, "e;We must not be afraid to be free.

There is much controversy about the dangers of a free media when it comes to children and adolescents.

This book focuses on the legal regulation, mainly from an international law perspective, of autonomous artificial intelligence systems, of their creations, as well as of the interaction of human and artificial intelligence.

From Rural Village to Global Village: Telecommunications for Development in the Information Age examines the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on both the macro level--societal, socio-economic, and governmental--and sector level--education, health, agriculture, entrepreneurship--emphasizing rural and developing regions.

From fake news to foreign affairs, the media continues to be one of the dominating forces of modern life.

Since its introduction in the early 1960s, Spanish-language television in the United States has grown in step with the Hispanic population.

The ever-increasing use of technology is challenging the current status of the law, bringing about new problems and questions.

This book tackles the Vertical Block Exemption Regulation ("e;VBER"e;).

An updated guide and commentary to the rules which regulate anti-doping in sport, including numerous case studies.

Cross-Border Collaborative Journalism is a detailed guide to transnational reporting, a cutting-edge journalistic strategy.

This ground-breaking volume examines enduring and emerging discourses around communication rights in Africa, arguing that they should be considered an integral component of the human rights discourse in Africa.

Electronic Media Law and Regulation is a case-based law text that provides students with direct access to case law as well as the context in which to understand its meaning and impact.

Competition and diversity in media and communications are fundamental to a healthy economy and democracy.

This new edition of the casebook includes extensive excerpts from 25 major decisions by the Supreme Court of the United States in media law or related to media law.