“Media Law Reporter: Decisions.” Bureau of National Affairs Inc. 2003 – 2008.
Media Law Reporter is a sturdy blue binder in the reference section that contains the legal text for various media-related laws and congressional acts. The binder is made in such a way that pages can always be added. The sections are the index digest, tables of cases, and decisions. The decisions section is the largest and begins with citing laws and opinions regarding accessing divorce records and salary information. Journalists must know the law in order to abide by it, but also to know what it can do for them. Much of the rest of the decisions are defamation and copyright cases, which can be particularly useful.
Schwabach, Aaron. “Intellectual Property: A Reference Handbook.” ABC Clio, Santa Barbara, Calif.: 2007.
Intellectual property laws are something that every journalist should at least be familiar. In the digital age, information is becoming easier to access and journalists should know what they can and cannot use. There’s a chapter dedicated to international law, which includes a small section on the Internet. One topic that is particularly useful to citizen journalists and bloggers is the question, “Is the look and feel of a Web site copyrightable?” Unfortunately, the judicial system doesn’t accept pleas of ignorance of the law, so everyone publishing content should know their boundaries. Additionally, if a person is publishing content they should also know what protections the law has for them.
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