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Smart Law For Smart Cities, Annie Decker
Smart Law For Smart Cities, Annie Decker
Fordham Urban Law Journal
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Government-Provided Internet Access: Terms Of Service As Speech Rules, Enrique Armijo
Government-Provided Internet Access: Terms Of Service As Speech Rules, Enrique Armijo
Fordham Urban Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Quality Collusion: News, If It Ain’T Broke, Why Fix It?, Mark Mcmillan
Quality Collusion: News, If It Ain’T Broke, Why Fix It?, Mark Mcmillan
Fordham Urban Law Journal
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The Deregulation Of Commercial Television, Heidi R. Young
The Deregulation Of Commercial Television, Heidi R. Young
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In August 1984, the Federal Communications Commission released the Report and Order in the Matter of the Revision of Programming and Commercialization Policies, Ascertainment Requirements, and Program Log Requirements for Commercial Television Stations, affecting the FCC regulations concerning programming policies, ascertainment requirements, program logging rules and commercialization policies. This Note analyzes these regulatory changes from this Report and Order according the following structure: first, a historical exposition of radio and television regulation in general and of the areas affected by the deregulation in particular; second, an assessment of the changes in the context of the modern television marketplace; and third, …
Electronic Publishing: First Amendment Issues In The Twenty-First Century, Lynn Becker
Electronic Publishing: First Amendment Issues In The Twenty-First Century, Lynn Becker
Fordham Urban Law Journal
In six sections, the author explores regulation of the then-emerging field of tele-communications, including electronic publishing, e-mail, electronic bulletin boards, teletype, and digital banking. Focusing on how the First Amendment applies to claims of defamation and obscenity made in an electronic format, the author proposes a unified regulatory scheme based on existing communications regulation law that will unify telecommunications policy countrywide. The first two sections are devoted to explanation of the then-novel forms of electronic communication and giving the history of the FCC and communications and data regulation in the US. The author describes the distinction between press regulation, broadcast …
Fcc Broadcast Standards For Ascertaining Community Needs, Arthur P. Deluca
Fcc Broadcast Standards For Ascertaining Community Needs, Arthur P. Deluca
Fordham Urban Law Journal
This comment examines: (1) the history of the ascertainment procedures, including the function of the original Primer; (2) the effect of the Renewal Primer amendments on the ascertainment procedures; and (3) the significance of the Bamford cases in light of the treatment of badly-organized groups under prior ascertainment procedures, and in light of the issuance of the Renewal Primer. The comment argues that the Primer's purpose of increasing the responsiveness of a broadcast applicant to the needs of its proposed service area has improved the situation for the more organized significant groups, such as minority groups, but its effectiveness as …