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You Said What? The Perils Of Content-Based Regulation Of Public Broadcast Underwriting Acknowledgments, Andrew D. Cotlar

Federal Communications Law Journal

Public broadcast stations in the United States are forbidden to air promotional announcements in exchange for payment from commercial entities. However, these stations must acknowledge any financial contribution from donors that support particular programs without promoting the goods and services offered by those donors. While the FCC has attempted to maintain the conceptual distinction between promotional and nonpromotional information, it has struggled to apply this distinction within the context of an evolution in advertising practice.

As a result, many noncommercial educational licensees find it difficult to apply the FCC's rules. A careful analysis of how the FCC underwriting determinations yields …

Regulating Food Advertisements: Some First Amendment Issues, John M. A. Dipippa

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Truth And Consequences: First Amendment Protection For Accurate Reporting On Government Investigations, Jonathan Donnellan, Justin Peacock

NYLS Law Review

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Bloggers As Reporters: An Effect-Based Approach To First Amendment Protections In A New Age Of Information Dissemination, Stephanie J. Frazee

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Numerous questions and concerns are presented by the Apple case and by the rising prominence of blogging in general. What protections are afforded to bloggers when they are relying on confidential sources to disseminate information? What protections should be afforded? How can a court determine when bloggers are acting as reporters in the first place? And, what protections do traditional reporters get in similar situations? This note will attempt to answer these questions with the purpose of the First Amendment (as well as the practicality and risks of extending its protections) in mind. The next section will follow the development …

Equal Protection In The World Of Art And Obscenity: The Art Photographer's Latent Struggle With Obscenity Standards In Contemporary America, Elaine Wang

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

Part I of this article describes the initial hurdles that all visual art forms, including photography, face with respect to First Amendment protection given the power of visual imagery and the three-pronged test for obscenity set forth in Miller v. California. Of particular relevance is the "serious artistic value" prong of the Miller test and the problems inherent in determining who is to judge as well as how one might judge whether a work, particularly a photograph that may be construed to have a non-artistic function, possesses "serious artistic value."

Part II addresses the overall approach to photography in three …

Playing Games With The First Amendment: Are Video Games Speech And May Minors' Access To Graphically Violent Video Games Be Restricted?, Gregory K. Laughlin

University of Richmond Law Review

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Does Cutter V. Wilkinson Change The Analysis Of Mandated Dui Treatment Programs?: A Critical Response, Eric L. Sherbine

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Accommodating Religion And Law In The Twenty-First Century, Andrew J. King

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Thou Shalt Not?, Mark Strasser

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

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Introduction, Russell L. Weaver, David F. Partlett

NYLS Law Review

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Origins Of The Public Figure Doctrine In First Amendment Defamation Law, Catherine Hancock

NYLS Law Review

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Defamation Of Public Figures: North American Contrasts, Adrienne Stone

NYLS Law Review

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Free Speech, Reputation, And The Canadian Balance, Eugénie Brouillet

NYLS Law Review

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Privacy, Princesses, And Paparazzi, Barbara Mcdonald

NYLS Law Review

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Defamation, Free Speech, And Democratic Governance, Russell L. Weaver, David F. Partlett

NYLS Law Review

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Transnational Communication And Defamatory Speech: A Case For Establishing Norms For The Twenty-First Century, David Goldberg

NYLS Law Review

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Reforming The Crime Of Libel, Clive Walker

NYLS Law Review

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Bureaucracy And Distrust: Germaneness And The Paradoxes Of The Academic Freedom Doctrine, Alan K. Chen

University of Colorado Law Review

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