COMM 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Music Download, Federal Communications Commission, Telecommunications Act Of 1996
18 Aug 2016
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Us media regulation: first amendment, other relevant laws and legal precedents, obscenity law, intellectual property laws (copyright, patents, defamation laws. Us media regulation: the basics: federal communications commission (fcc, grants licenses for radio and tv broadcast, makes and enforces some rules about content on the airwaves, e. g. decency, makes rules about media ownership. Media deregulation: against government intervention in media communications, often based on the idea that the free market approach is in the public interest, example: loosening the restrictions on concentration of media ownership, 1996 telecommunications act. Net neutrality: rules preserving open access to the internet and a level playing field for all websites; all content treated equally by internet providers. Reclassified broadband internet as a telecommunications service (a public utility) instead of an information service. (cid:0) lawsuits to challenge the commissions order are widely expected. Copyright law: protects the sale and distribution of copyrighted material.
