Media Law: Cases and Materials

Marc A. Franklin, Stanford Law School

David A. Anderson, University of Texas School of Law

Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky, University of Florida College of Law

Amy Gajda, Tulane University School of Law

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Table of Contents

2019 Update Memo

Teacher's Manual

New material in the 9th Edition includes:

Discussion of government use of the Espionage Act to obtain search warrants for a journalist’s emails

Discussion of remedies for unconstitutional press censorship by public officials

Discussion of the constitutionality of criminalization of false speech

Discussion of new cases complicating the distinction between commercial and non-commercial speech

Discussion of Sorrell v. IMS Health, 131 S.Ct. 2653 (2011)

Discussion of the FCC’s 2011 and 2014 Proposed Rulemakings Concerning Broadcast Ownership Rules

New principal case: FCC v. Fox Television Stations, 132 S.Ct. 2307 (2012)

Latest indecency regulation developments

Discussion of Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 135 S.Ct. 2218 (2015).

Discussion of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn., 131 S.Ct. 2729 (2011).

New principal article on Net Neutrality

New principal case: Snyder v. Phelps, 562 US. 443 (2011).

Discussion of ag-gag laws

Discussion of Doe v. Internet Brands, Inc. DBA Modelmayhem.com (9th Cir.)

Discussion of copyright restrictions on the use of internet content

Discussion of news reporting as fair use

New principal case: Authors Guild v. Google, 804 F.3d 202 (2015).

Extended note on subpoenas and leaks investigation, and U.S. v. Sterling, 724 F.3d 482 (4th Cir. 2013).

Extended discussion of new media and government surveillance

New principal case: Chevron Corp. v Berlinger, 629 F.3d 297 (2011).

Discussion of empaneling of anonymous juries

Extended discussion of increasing privacy concerns and how once-deferential courts are grappling with questions of newsworthiness

Extended discussion of who is a journalist deserving of shield law and other protections

A new focus on the Communications Decency Act and important court decisions that may be weakening protection for some internet publishers

Discussion of newer legislative responses to drones and other technological advances in newsgathering

Discussion of the various tests that courts use to unmask anonymous internet speakers and related trends

Discussion of how defamation law applies to internet publishing, including websites that collect consumer reviews

An updated focus on anti-SLAPP legislation and the newer cases that have interpreted such laws

Extended discussion of new government secrecy and the impact on Freedom of Information Act requests

A focus on the potential resurgence of the false light tort

Discussion of increasing privacy protections for families of accident victims

New principal case: Salzano v. North Jersey Media Group, 993 A.2d 778 (N.J. 2010)

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