Federal Communications Law Journal articles from March 2008

Federal Communications Law Journal archives from March 2008

The two-step evidentiary and causation quandary for medium-specific laws targeting sexual and violent content: first proving harm and injury to silence speech, then proving redress and rehabilitation through censorship.
March 1, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. PROVING REMEDY AND REDRESS OF SPEECH-CAUSED HARM THROUGH CENSORSHIP: CAUGHT BETWEEN UNDERINCLUSIVE REMEDIES AND OVERBROAD LAWS III. THE BROADER PROBLEM OF PROVING REDRESS OF HARMS: WHAT--AND HOW...

The Colonel's finest campaign: Robert R. McCormick and Near v. Minnesota.
March 1, 2008... I. NEAR V. MINNESOTA: BACKGROUND II. INCORPORATION: THE NECESSARY PRECONDITION III. COL. MCCORMICK TAKES CHARGE OF NEAR IV. BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT V. THE DECISION VI. THE AFTERMATH "The mere statement of the case...

Direct marketing, mobile phones, and consumer privacy: ensuring adequate disclosure and consent mechanisms for emerging mobile advertising practices.
March 1, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. MOBILE COMMERCE AND MOBILE ADVERTISING III. M-ADVERTISING RAISES PRIVACY CONCERNS FOR CONSUMERS IV. PRIVACY REGULATION AND MOBILE ADVERTISING V. FEDERAL PRIVACY REGULATION AND M-ADVERTISING ...

Skating toward deregulation: Canadian developments.
March 1, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. THE CRTC FORBEARANCE PROCEEDINGS A. Local Telephone Service B. VoIP Forbearance III. THE PARTIES A. Industry Participants B. Telecommunications Policy Review Panel C. Competition...

Reassessing Turner and litigating the must-carry law beyond a facial challenge.
March 1, 2008... I. INTRODUCTION II. MUST-CARRY'S PURPOSE A. Cable Becomes a Threat to Broadcasting B. FCC. Attempts to Protect Local Broadcasting from Cable C. Objections to the Must-Carry Provisions D. Road to the Modern Must-Carry...

Mass Media Unleashed: How Washington Policymakers Shortchanged the American Public.(Book review)
March 1, 2008... The book treats two policies: the public trustee policy and the deregulatory market policy, which was introduced in 1980 and has now reached full fruition. The former is based on the consideration that more people want to broadcast than there...