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Content Regulation

This section covers government attempts to regulate certain kinds of content, from the Federal Communications Commission's regulation of broadcasting (specifically indecency) to legislative attempts to "rein in" the Internet. It also covers copyright law, and the use of copyrighted works is regulated by law.

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    Content Regulation In The News

    Federal appeals court rules against magazine that published copyrighted secret celebrity wedding photos
    08/17/2012
    A federal appellate court ruled that a Spanish-language gossip magazine violated the copyrights of...
    Tech companies in lawsuit must identify paid journalists and bloggers, federal court rules
    08/15/2012
    Media advocates are concerned about a federal court order that compels two technology companies...
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    Taking content: how much is too much?
    Though copyright law has long protected writers from unwanted reproduction of their material, the Internet has made it simple to cut, paste...
    Protection for infringing material posted by others: DMCA safe harbor provisions
    Your liability for content posted to your site by third parties is not limited to defamation. Rather, if you publish the expressive works...
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    From the Magazine

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    The News Media and The Law, Summer 2012
    Fox “fleeting expletives” decision does little to clear the air in regulation of indecency
    Although the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled on the issue of fleeting expletives twice in three years, questions about what...
    Stolen Valor Act struck down
    Within 24 hours of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning the Stolen Valor Act and agreeing with First Amendment advocates that...

    Briefs & Comments

    • United States v. Alvarez
      January 20, 2012

      The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco (9th Cir.) struck down the 2006 Stolen Valor Act, which criminalizes lying about the receipt of military honors, on First Amendment grounds. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case--which involves a California man who, despite never serving in the military, stated at a municipal water board meeting that he had served in the armed forces for almost three decades and received a Medal of Honor--and decide whether the statute is constitutional.

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