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Electronic Piracy: Can The Cable Television Industry Prevent Unauthorized Interception., Kevin W. Grillo
Electronic Piracy: Can The Cable Television Industry Prevent Unauthorized Interception., Kevin W. Grillo
St. Mary's Law Journal
The FCC and Congress have failed to enact specific regulations regarding unauthorized interception of cable television. This lack of regulation concerning electronic piracy has allowed entrepreneurs to develop means of intercepting cable television signals without compensation to the transmitting companies. The cable television industry has lost a significant portion of income through unauthorized interception of cable television. As the cable television industry continues to expand, the problem of electronic piracy of cable television signals will intensify. This has forced the cable television industry to seek varied legal solutions to resolve the problem. Although the cable television industry has found effective …
Parental Child-Snatching: Out Of A No-Man's-Land Of Law., Wayne Young
Parental Child-Snatching: Out Of A No-Man's-Land Of Law., Wayne Young
St. Mary's Law Journal
Approximately 100,000 parental child-snatchings occur annually. When a parent takes a kidnapped child to another jurisdiction, the injured parent must convince the court to recognize a foreign custody decree and persuade the same court to enforce that decree. Congress enacted the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act (UCCJA) to eliminate relitigation of custody decrees in other states and end court practices which protect the kidnapping parent. However, the UCCJA does not resolve parental child-snatching because the Act is ineffective in non-adopting states and the Act fails to aid a state in locating the abducting parent. Non-UCCJA states such as Texas have …