Communications Law Treatises
Communications Law and Practice
Morton I. Hamburg, Stuart N. Brotman
Loose-leaf for updating. Provides an in-depth, practice-oriented overview of federal regulation of telephone, wireless, radio, television, and satellite communications.
Mass Communications Law in a Nutshell
Harvey L. Zuckman et al.
Provides a brief overview of mass communication law, including the role of the FCC, the First Amendment, defamation, and Internet law.
Modern Communication Law
Harvey L. Zuckman et al.
Three volumes, updated by pocket parts. Provides extensive, scholarly analysis of laws and policies relating to new media, the Internet, Direct Broadcasting Satellite, etc., including the Telecommunications Act of 1996. It also examines the key constitutional, statutory, and administrative provisions governing communications in the United States. Provides extensive citations to judicial and administrative decisions.
Electronic Media Law and Regulation
Kenneth C. Creech.
Gives an overview of the major legal and regulatory issues facing broadcasting, cable, and developing media.
All About Cable and Broadband.
James C. Goodale ; updated by Rob Frieden.
Loose-leaf for updating. Surveys federal and state laws, court decisions, and FCC regulations affecting cable television systems, cable networks, and cable's competitors, such as DBS. Includes coverage of issues such as cable Internet services; content regulation; horizontal and vertical ownership; franchise transfers; pole attachments for information services; rate regulation; broadcast signal carriage; effective competition; subscriber privacy rights; and theft of service.
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