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Antitrust Enforcement, Freedom Of The Press, And The "Open Market": The Supreme Court On The Structure And Conduct Of Mass Media, William E. Lee Nov 1979

Antitrust Enforcement, Freedom Of The Press, And The "Open Market": The Supreme Court On The Structure And Conduct Of Mass Media, William E. Lee

Vanderbilt Law Review

This Article examines the Supreme Court's attempts to foster open markets by altering either the structure or the conduct of mass media enterprises." Structure and conduct are the two main determinants of market performance. Market structure "means those characteristics of the organization of a market that seem to exercise a strategic influence on the nature of competition and pricing within the market." Some characteristics of market structure include degree of buyer concentration, degree of seller concentration, degree of product differentiation, and entry conditions. Market conduct, on the other hand, comprises the practices, policies, and devices which firms employ in adjusting …


Regulation Of Indecency In Political Broadcasting, Jonathan Golomb Oct 1979

Regulation Of Indecency In Political Broadcasting, Jonathan Golomb

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The article considers both the constitutional and statutory aspects of the regulation of indecency in political broadcasting. The discussion is limited to considering "indecency," a term excluding obscenity or incitement to violence, because the government's power to regulate these types of speech is well established. Indecent speech would be protected if used in the print media, since it does not fall within the established First Amendment exceptions. The basic constitutional question, therefore, is whether the broadcast media are inherently different from the print media, so as to justify different treatment of indecent political speech. This article will contend that they …


Political Broadcasting After The Aspen Ruling: Legislative Reform Of Section 315(A) Of The Communications Act Of 1934, Stuart N. Brotman Oct 1979

Political Broadcasting After The Aspen Ruling: Legislative Reform Of Section 315(A) Of The Communications Act Of 1934, Stuart N. Brotman

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The FCC's new interpretation of section 315(a) in the Aspen ruling greatly reduced its inhibitory effect on broadcasters. The ruling, however, has created further interpretive problems regarding the broadcast debate format, and has not completely resolved the more general problem of giving the electorate greater and more direct exposure to candidates during campaigns through programming that forces candidates to confront each other on the major issues. This article will discuss the. background of section 315(a), then explain each of its exemptions. Finally, it will propose possible reforms in the area of political broadcasting in light of the Aspen ruling.


Preassignments Of Creators' Rights: An Adhesion Analysis, Paul Geller Jan 1979

Preassignments Of Creators' Rights: An Adhesion Analysis, Paul Geller

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


An Reynolds V. Nfl: An Unsettling Requiem For The Rozelle Rule, Roderick M. Thompson Jan 1979

An Reynolds V. Nfl: An Unsettling Requiem For The Rozelle Rule, Roderick M. Thompson

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


Federal Communications Commission V. National Citizen's Committee For Broadcasting: The Ultimate Media Hype, Raymond L. Yasser Jan 1979

Federal Communications Commission V. National Citizen's Committee For Broadcasting: The Ultimate Media Hype, Raymond L. Yasser

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Rate Base Evaluation And Vertical Integration: Shifting Standards In Telephone Regulation, James Mcconnaughey, Manley R. Irwin Jan 1979

Rate Base Evaluation And Vertical Integration: Shifting Standards In Telephone Regulation, James Mcconnaughey, Manley R. Irwin

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


California Taxation Of Literary Properties, Frank M. Keesling, Alex M. Brucker Jan 1979

California Taxation Of Literary Properties, Frank M. Keesling, Alex M. Brucker

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


The Search For Media Ethics, Bernard Rubin Jan 1979

The Search For Media Ethics, Bernard Rubin

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


A New Approach To Risk Coverage In The Motion Picture Industry: Short-Term Life Insurance, Heinz J. Pulverman, Alan J. Setlin Jan 1979

A New Approach To Risk Coverage In The Motion Picture Industry: Short-Term Life Insurance, Heinz J. Pulverman, Alan J. Setlin

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


Employment Discrimination In Television Broadcasting: A Study Of Fcc And Eeoc Concurrent Jurisdiciton, Glenda G. Leatherman Jan 1979

Employment Discrimination In Television Broadcasting: A Study Of Fcc And Eeoc Concurrent Jurisdiciton, Glenda G. Leatherman

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


Sports And The Law: A Comprehensive Bibliography Of Law-Related Materials, Frank G. Houdek Jan 1979

Sports And The Law: A Comprehensive Bibliography Of Law-Related Materials, Frank G. Houdek

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


Journalists And Tape Recorders: Does Participant Monitoring Invade Privacy, Kent R. Middleton Jan 1979

Journalists And Tape Recorders: Does Participant Monitoring Invade Privacy, Kent R. Middleton

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


The Ban On Broadcast Cigarette Advertisements, Kim C. Cranston Jan 1979

The Ban On Broadcast Cigarette Advertisements, Kim C. Cranston

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


Public Service Announcements: Out With Monotony And In With Diversity, Don Lively Jan 1979

Public Service Announcements: Out With Monotony And In With Diversity, Don Lively

UC Law SF Communications and Entertainment Journal

No abstract provided.


The Fcc, Cable Tv, And Visions Of Valhalla: Judicial Scrutiny Of Complex Rulemaking And Institutional Competence, Allen E. Shoenberger Jan 1979

The Fcc, Cable Tv, And Visions Of Valhalla: Judicial Scrutiny Of Complex Rulemaking And Institutional Competence, Allen E. Shoenberger

University of Richmond Law Review

A number of recent decisions by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, its counterpart for the Eighth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court, have substantially curtailed the power of the FCC to regulate the growth of cable television. Such regulation has proved to be a very complicated and extended saga of FCC activity, one measure of which was the extraordinary justification for publishing a per curiam opinion in Home Box Office, Inc. v. FCC: "not because it has received less than full consideration by the court, but because the complexity of the issues raised …


A Chicken In Every Pot, And Forty-One Channels For Every Television Set, William K.S. Wang Jan 1979

A Chicken In Every Pot, And Forty-One Channels For Every Television Set, William K.S. Wang

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Videotape In Legal Education : A Study Of Its Implications And A Manual For Its Use, Michael Botein Jan 1979

Videotape In Legal Education : A Study Of Its Implications And A Manual For Its Use, Michael Botein

Books

No abstract provided.