Yearbook of Media and Entertainment Law Volume Two, 1996

by Barendt, Eric; Bate, Stephen; Dickens, Julian; Gibbons, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780198262770
• ISBN10: 0198262779
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-27
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Media and Entertainment law is a fast growing sector of practice in the UK and the European Communities. This annual publication provides both high quality analysis of topical issues and detailed and thorough surveys of key areas of practice.

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	ix	(16)
Table of Statutes and Treaties	xxv
Part One: Articles	1	(296)
Television Ownership and Editorial Control (Revised version of the third Goodman lecture)	3	(18)
David Glencross, Chief Executive, Independent Television Commission
Pluralism and Freedom of Expression: Constitutional Imperatives for a New Broadcasting Order	21	(24)
Rachael Craufurd Smith, Levine Memorial Fellow in Law, Trinity College, Oxford
Identifying European Community Audio-visual Policy in the Dawn of the Information Society	45	(30)
L. P. Hitchens, University of Warwick
The Information Society, Deregulation or Control in Europe	75	(24)
Santha Rasaiah, Senior Legal Advisor to the Newspaper Society
David Newell, Deputy Director of the Newspaper Society
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 and US Media Ownership	99	(12)
Monroe Price, Professor of Law, Cardozo University
Jonathan Weinberg, Associate Professor of Law, Wayne State University
Section 4(2) Postponement Orders: Media Reports of Court Proceedings under the Contempt of Court Act 1981	111	(22)
Ian Cram, Leeds University
TV Cameras' Access into the Courtroom: A Comparative Note	133	(18)
Andrea Biondi, Research Fellow, Institute of European Law, University of Birmingham
The Impact of Libel Law on the Regional Press	151	(20)
Eric Barendt, Goodman Professor of Media Law, University College London
Mr Toad as Lawyer: The Extension of the Copyright and Performance Right Period of Protection	171	(28)
Howard Johnson, University of Wales
Towards a Reconciliation of Free Speech and Copyright	199	(36)
Fiona Macmillan Patfield, Murdoch University, Western Australia
The Aftermath of Magill	235	(12)
Steve Anderman, Professor of Law, University of Essex
The Final Act of the Uruguay Round, the World Trade Organization, its Framework and Purpose	247	(16)
Colin Fraser, Former Executive Consultant, Taylor Joynson Garrett
The Unauthorized Commercial Exploitation of the Publicity Right	263	(34)
William Houseley, University College London
Part Two: Annual Surveys 1996	297	(250)
The European Human Rights Convention and Media Law	299	(18)
Lord Lester, QC, and Natalia Schiffrin
Libel Law	317	(32)
Richard Shillito and Eric Barendt
Media Reporting Restrictions	349	(24)
Andrew Nicol QC
Heather Rogers
Complaints Against the Media	373	(24)
James Michael
Broadcasting and Cable Services	397	(16)
a) Broadcasting Law in 1995
Tony Ballard
b) Local Delivery and Associated Telecommunications Services	413	(16)
E. P. O. Mercer
Copyright and the Media	429	(10)
a) International Developments in 1995
Colin Fraser
b) Substantive Developments in United Kingdom Law	439	(10)
John Enser
Jane Moore
c) Developments in the Law relating to Remedies and in Practice and Procedure	449	(8)
Stephen Bate
The Music Industry in 1995	457	(18)
John Enser
James Ware
David Zeffman
John Corr
EC and United Kingdom Competition Law Developments	475	(28)
David Aitman
Developments in Multimedia	503	(32)
Mark Sherwood-Edwards
Julian Dickens
Legal Developments in Computer and Video Games 1995	535	(12)
Mark Sherwood-Edwards
Part Three: Review of Books	547	(40)
Review of Bollinger, Images of a Free Press	549	(7)
Eric Barendt
Review of Price, Television, The Public Sphere, and National Identity	556	(3)
Perry Keller
Review of Norrie, Defamation and Related Actions in Scots Law	559	(4)
Eric Clive
Review of Frith (ed.), Music and Copyright	563	(2)
Heather Rosenblatt
Review of Kuhn, The Media in France	565	(4)
Thomas Gibbons
Review of Noam and Pogorel (eds.), Asymmetric Deregulation: The Dynamics of Telecommunications Policy in Europe and the United States	569	(3)
Colin Scott
Review of Sherman and Strowel (eds.), Of Authors and Origins: Essays on Copyright Law	572	(2)
Hazel Carty
Review of Firth, Trade Marks The New Law	574	(2)
Hazel Carty
Review of Nelson, The Law of Entertainment and Broadcasting	576	(3)
Nicholas Reville
Review of Courtney, Newell, and Rasaiah, The Law of Journalism	579	(2)
Eric Barendt
Review of Henry, Publishing and Multimedia Law	581	(1)
Julia Palca
Review of Wacks, Privacy and Press Freedom	582	(1)
James Michael
Review of Winn, European Community and International Media Law	583	(1)
James Michael
Review of Ruggles, The Audience Reflected in the Medium of Law: A Critique of the Political Economy of Speech Rights in the United States	584	(1)
Thomas Gibbons
Review of Baker, Media Law: A User's Guide for Film and Programme Makers	585	(2)
Thomas Gibbons
Index	587