Copyright and New Technology: Implications for Audiovisual Works

Mass Communication Law and Policy Research and the Values of Free Expression

“…Supreme Court case (Bunker, 2010;Kozlowski, Bullard & Deets, 2009;Hovland & Taylor, 1990). Some authors opt for a relatively straightforward textual explanation of the application of a statute (Collins, 1987;Middleton, 1979). Others analyze a single court decision (Pritchard, 2013;Gross, 1973) or administrative agency adjudication (Gleason, 1991) and then discuss the implications.…”

“…Still other doctrinal articles collect and analyze a series of lower-court cases on an issue the U.S. Supreme Court has not addressed directly (Stevens, 1989), and they may impose a time frame for their analysis-a decade, for example (Sneed & Stonecipher, 1986). Scholars apply existing legal concepts to technological developments (Hightower, 1975;Collins, 1987;O'Neill, 1994). Quarterly.…”

“…One useful doctrinal approach examines lower court interpretations of a seminal U.S. Supreme Court case (Bunker, 2010;Hovland & Taylor, 1990;Kozlowski, Bullard, & Deets, 2009). Some authors opt for a relatively straightforward textual explanation of the application of a statute (Collins, 1987;Middleton, 1979). Others analyze a single court decision (Gross, 1973;A.…”

“…Still other doctrinal articles collect and analyze a series of lower-court cases on an issue the U.S. Supreme Court has not addressed directly (Stevens, 1989), and they may impose a time frame for their analysis-a decade, for example (Sneed & Stonecipher, 1986). Scholars apply existing legal concepts to technological developments (Collins, 1987;Hightower, 1975;O'Neill, 1994). Reinard and Ortiz (2005) concluded the overwhelming majority of Communication Law and Policy articles, and Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) Law and Policy Division conference papers adopted qualitative methodological approaches, specifically "conceptual pieces, historical studies, or legal interpretations" (p. 601).…”

A Century of JMCQ Legal Issues in Media: Scholarly Commitment to Free Press, Free Speech, and More

“…Copyright Act of 1976 has been an important topic for JMCQ . Concerns related to that copyright revision included its elimination of broader protections often available through state common-law copyright (Chaney, 1978), ambiguities it left as to what extent educators could legally videotape television programs for classroom use (Francois, 1980), the need for free-lance authors to avoid giving up rights they could otherwise retain with the new revision (Middleton, 1979), and its argued inadequate protection of computer programs such as the type used to generate commercials (Collins, 1987).…”