Tom Crone

Law and the Media (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Alberstat, Philip; Overs, Estelle; Cassels, Tom

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Tom Crone's classic text has been thoroughly revised by an impressive team of legal experts. It provides an essential source of reference for the key legal issues encountered by those who work in the media such as journalists, editors and producers, as well as media lawyers.Topics covered include:Protection of ReputationCopyright and Rights ClearanceNew MediaBreach of Confidence and PrivacyThe Data Protection Act 1998Reporting Restrictions, Contempt of Court and Protection of Journalistic SourcesThe Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Official SecretsProfessional Regulatory Bodies and AdvertisingThe Human Rights Act 1998The Law in Scotland and the United States of AmericaComprehensive supplementary reference material is also provided, including a glossary of legal terms, addresses, telephone numbers and web sites of professional bodies, and specimen agreements including interview agreements and moral rights waivers.With contributions from: Terence Bergin, Marietta Cauchi, Jane Colston, Mark Cranwell, Charles de Fleurieu, Simon Dowson-Collins, David Green, Peter Grundberg, Rebecca Handler, Joanna Ludlam, Rosalind McInnes, Hugh Tomlinson and John Wadham.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 373
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136024412
• Artikelnr.: 38245620

Autorenporträt

Tom Crone is Legal Manager of News International plc, publishers of The Sun, News of the World, The Times and The Sunday Times. After 5 years as a practising Barrister, he became an in-house lawyer for Mirror Group in 1980 and 'jumped ship' to join News Group, publishers of The Sun and News of the World in 1985. Since then, he has been at the centre of numerous high profile media cases: Robert Maxwell, Elton John, Ian Botham, George Michael, Sonia Sutcliffe, Bill Roache, Gillian Taylforth, Bruce Grobelaar, Thompson and Venables (the Bulger Killers), and Her Majesty The Queen (twice).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Defamation
Blasphemy, seditious Libel and criminal law
Copyright
New media
Rights clearance
Breach of confidence
The Data Protection Act 1998
The 'new' right to privacy
Reporting restrictions
Contempt of court
Protection of journalistic sources
Prior restraint
Obscenity, indecency and incitement to racial hatred
Freedom of information
Official secrets
Parliamentary proceedings and elections
Professional regulatory bodies
Advertising
The Human Rights Act 1998
The law in Scotland
The law in the United States of America
Appendix A: Glossary of terms
Appendix B: Professional bodies
Appendix C: Specimen agreements
Bibliography