Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of broadcasters and content owners against the streaming service ivi , which previously captured and retransmitted broadcast programming over the Internet. The Second Circuit...(read more)
Supreme Court Review: What the Court's Indecency Decision Means for Broadcasters
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Supreme Court released during the last week of its 2011 term its long-awaited opinion in the broadcast indecency cases FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. and FCC v. ABC, Inc. This decision represents an important...(read more)
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Ban on Political and Issue Advertisements by Public Broadcasters
Last week, a federal court based in California issued a surprising and sure to be controversial decision finding the Communication Act’s ban on the airing of political and issue advertisements by public broadcasters to be a violation of their First...(read more)
CNN Must Defend Lawsuit over Online Captioning
A California court recently ruled that a lawsuit in which a group representing deaf citizens contended that CNN must provide captioning for videos uploaded to its website may proceed. The group, The Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, brought...(read more)
Primary Lineup Set in North Carolina
The primary election in North Carolina is Tuesday, May 8, 2012, with a second primary (if needed) being either June 26 or July 17The second primary will be June 26 if no second primary is needed for U.S. Representative races and it will be July 17...(read more)
FCC Denies Political Advertising Complaint
In the final hours of the last business day before the Super Bowl, the Chief of the FCC's Media Bureau released an order denying the "reasonable access" complaint of Randall Terry against a Chicago television station. Terry's campaign had been...(read more)
Photojournalist Has No Privacy Protection Act Claim Where Search Was Supported By Probable Cause
In a decision released this week, a panel of the Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision of the Eastern District of Virginia holding that a photojournalist had no claim under the federal Privacy Protection Act for a search of the journalist’s home...(read more)
Federal Candidate Ad Entitled to Air Time
National news outlets are reporting that the NBC Network has asked presidential candidate Mitt Romney to stop using a television ad attacking Newt Gingrich that features former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw. The ad is available on the Mitt Romney...(read more)