Child pornography (CP) is any sexual depiction of a minor. Title 18, Section 2256 of the U.S. Code defines child pornography as “any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or...
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commerce
Commerce refers generally to the activity of exchanging products, goods, and services for financial gain. The word commerce usually is used to mean economic activity broadly on a national or other large scale. Commerce can be used in many...
Commerce Clause
The Commerce Clause refers to Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. Constitution, which gives Congress the power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations, among states, and with the Indian tribes.”
Congress has often...
data broker
According to Vermont Statute, 9 V.S.A. § 2430 (4)(a) a data broker is a “business, or unit or units of a business, separately or together, that knowingly collects and sells or licenses to third parties the brokered personal information of a...
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent executive agency tasked with regulating the telecommunications sector, including radio, television, wire communications, satellite, cable, and the internet. The power of the FCC is...
fixed in a tangible medium of expression
“Fixed in a tangible medium of expression” is one of the requirements for receiving copyright protection for a work under the Copyright Act in 17 U.S.C. § 102(a). In order to apply for copyright protection, a work must fulfill all the...
freedom of the press
Freedom of the press is the protected right to freely publish communications and expressions of opinions through various forms of media. Freedom of the press limits the government’s control or censorship over the media, except in the most...
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Media Law: Overview
Media law refers to the regulations of mass media production and use. It includes various types of media forms such as broadcast television, radio, film, internet, and print; however, broadcast media is the most heavily...
payola
Payola occurs when a person or entity fails to disclose that they provided or promised to provide money, services, or other consideration in exchange for the inclusion of program matter in a broadcast before the broadcast occurs, in...
sponsorship disclosure
Sponsorship disclosure is a legal requirement in radio, television, and more recently, social media, requiring stations and promoters to identify the sources of sponsored materials.
The Code of Federal Regulations defines...