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- Wide-ranging coverage of the law regulating both traditional and new media, including newsgathering and broadcasting in those formats
- First book giving in-depth analysis of how the various forms of intellectual property law interact with media law
- Written by a team of academics and practitioners, combining rigorous academic discussion with analysis of genuine practice issues
This book is a reference guide for practitioners to the major legal and regulatory issues in the field, but could also be used as a media law textbook for a course of academic study. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field. Throughout the book, the authors cover the relevant aspects of law governing the media in its many forms, with an emphasis on the practical operation of the law in this sector. It not only discusses the theoretical basis of legal concepts such as defamation, but also analyses the application of the law in the high paced environment of daily newspapers, the changing reality of what constitutes "broadcasting", including the regulation of distribution channels, and the regulation of material distributed via those channels, and examines the implications for defamation law of the online, borderless world. Amongst other things, the book also covers intellectual property issues in the media, with a specific emphasis on copyright works, trade marks and the exploitation of intellectual property via licensing. The work primarily discusses the identified themes in the context of UK and EU laws.

Readership: Practitioners (barristers and solicitors working in media law); in-house lawyers for international, national and local media organizations; judges, especially (but not restricted to) those who may be asked to determine matters involving the media; academics who research or teach media law; post-graduate/advanced students whose study involves issues relating to the media and undergraduate law and media students whose degree includes a course on media law.
A. Introduction
1.: David Goldberg & Gavin Sutter: Introduction
Who are "the media"?
Who are the media's consumers?
Sources of media "norms"
2.: Ian Walden: Who owns the media?
Ownership & Competition
Plurality of services
Universal Services
Listed Events
B. Regulating Reportage
3.: Siobhan Butterworth and Jan Johannes: Regulating Journalism and Newsgathering
Protection of journalists' sources
4.: Rosalind Mc Innes: Reporting Restrictions & Contempt of Court
Right of Access to the Media
Restrictions on court reportage - pre and post trial
Contempt of Court
5.: David Goldberg: Reporting elections
Reporting the election process
Reporting the political process more broadly
Advertising on issues of public concern
C. Regulating Distribution
6.: Lindy Golding: Intellectual Property and the Media
Copyright in original media content
Moral rights
Format Rights
Authors' agreements
Database right and media services
WIPO Draft Treaty on Broadcasters' rights in broadcast content
Trade marks
Patent aspects
Licensing media content
Publicity Rights
Competition issues
7.: Timothy Pitt-Payne: Information Law
Data Protection & the media
Confidentiality & Privacy
Freedom of Information
Official Secrets
Defence Advisory Notices
8.: Tony Ballard: Broadcasting
Broadcast media licensing
Changing nature of broadcasting
D. Regulating Content
9.: Lorna Woods: Legal and Extra Legal Regulation of Media Content
Regulation of Broadcast Content
PCC Regulation of Press content
Classification (film & video games)
10.: Ian Walden: Illegal Content
The Article 10 Margin of Appreciation
Blasphemy
Hate Speech
Obscenity & Indecency
Possession of Extreme Pornography
11.: Tarlach McGonagle: Cultural protections
Language rights
Local production
Independent productions
12.: John Enser: Commercial Communications
Advertising Regulations
Sponsorship
Product placement
Rules on amount / distribution
Edited by David Goldberg, Associate Fellow of the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford, Gavin Sutter, Lecturer in Media Law, Queen Mary, University of London, and Ian Walden, Professor of Information and Communications Law and head of the Institute of Computer and Communications law in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary, University of London

Contributors:

David Goldberg, Associate Fellow, University of Oxford
Gavin Sutter, Lecturer in Media Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Ian Walden, Professor of Law, Queen Mary, University of London
Siobhan Butterworth, Ombudsman, The Guardian
Jan Johannes, Observer Legal Manager, Guardian News and Media
Rosalind Mc Innes, BBC Scotland
Lindy Golding, Consultant, Lovells LLP
Timothy Pitt-Payne, Barrister, 11 King's Bench Walk
Tony Ballard, Partner, Film and Television Group, Harbottle & Lewis
Lorna Woods, Professor of Law, The University of Essex
Tarlach McGonagle, Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam
John Enser, Partner, Media, Communications and Technology Group, Olswang
"This book is a powerful and valuable addition to the growing canon of UK Media Law publications" - Tim Cook, Goldsmiths College, University of London

"This new work draws upon the combined expertise of established academic authorities and leading practitioners to describe and analyse key developments across a range of inter-related fields such as defamation, contempt of court, freedom of information, media ownership and diversity, intellectual property, and the regulation of public and commercial broadcast media, including advertising rules...A well-written and accessible account of most of the important facets of media law" - Ian Cram, Communications Law, 16.1