Course Description

This course examines legal issues and court cases involving the media in the United States.

Some of the topics examined include: the First Amendment, libel, privacy, protection of news sources, obscenity, advertising, access to public records and meetings, and copyright.

Monday, December 1, 2014

Here are examples of some famous copyright cases - look for terms like "fair use" and "derivative work" - Examples of fair use include commentary, search engines, criticism, parody, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. - A derivative work is copyrighted material + new material = new copyrightable work - The book lays out the 4 part test for Fair Use *Take Note* it will be on the final http://99designs.com/designer-blog/2013/04/19/5-famous-copyright-infringement-cases/ ALSO --> You will conduct your teacher evals on Wed during class. They are electronic this year and can be done by phone or computer.