MC4333 - Media Law and Ethics - Test 2 review (Spring 2008)
Test Date: TBA

Chapter 5
1. status of privacy and the "Constitution"
2. standards to prove a "private facts" case (3)
3. newsworthiness standard
4. Intrusion/trespass and "reasonable expectation of privacy" expect some case-examples here; identity
5. aspects of Food Lion Case: what was ABC guilty of?
6. standards to prove a "False light" privacy case (3) --also be able to identify False Light by example)
7. Appropriation (be able to identify from example(s)
8. Right of publicity
9. Rulings and "emotional distress" doctrine from Flynt and Falwell case.
10. legal status of secretly recording conversations
11. elements of "publication" of private information lawsuit   basically we are looking at the level of dissemination, review p. 183 para #3 (Also unlike libel . . .)
12. private facts cases and timeframe (e.g., Stories involving events occurring many years ago)
13. incitement and Olivia N. v. NBC
Chapter 6
61. Patents, trademarks and copyrights: where does each apply? ID from examples
62. length of protection for non-corporate copyright holders
63. how trademark ownership can be lost
64. "works for hire" and copyright ownership (ex. OKC bombing case)
65. Limits to copyright laws (what can be copyrighted?)
66. media news story copyrights (what is reportable from a copyrighted news story).
68. "fair use" doctrine --applications to: parody; teaching; entertainment; news/comment, advertising, corporate copying.
69. Media plagiarism - defined, how common?
70. Misappropriation, trademark infringement, dilution
71. proving copyright infringement -standards
72. implications of digital technology and copyrights
73. Free-Lancing and copyright protection (lecture: First serial rights; one time rights etc.)
74. To sue for copyright infringement under the current U.S. copyright law, a copyright holder must . .
75. Function of the copyright notice (the little symbol)
76. Fair use defined
Chapter 7
74. Rights and limits of corporations to make campaign donations
75. "soft money" loophole
76. campaign expenditures and "free speech"
77. Limits to corporate "partisan" communication
78. Campaign "disclosure" laws.
79. "Corporate advocacy" and free speech
80. parameters of corporate advocacy: tests of political v. commercial speech? (lecture)
81. Reasons for the increased use of corporate advocacy campaigns? (lecture)
82. Effectiveness of corporate advocacy campaigns?
83. Registering requirements for lobbyists
84. Rights of employers to unionize.
85. limits to free speech during "proxy fights"
86. Insider trading: stock tipping, restrictions on journalists
87. PACs and campaign contributions.
88. Major elements of the 2002 Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act.
89. Section 527 organizations as a “loophole” in current campaign elections.-Lecture only
Chapter 8
15. Commercial speech and First Amendment protection
16. A "material" statement for determining if an ad is misleading
17. Substantiation under the Federal Trade Commission's
18. The test for misleading or deceptive commercial speech
19. Standards/restrictions on government regulation of advertising
20. The "Printers' Ink" statutes
21. Which federal agency primarily oversees/regulates advertising
22. Implied v. Express falsehoods
23. "Bait and Switch" Advertising
24. Regulations regarding product endorsements (celebrity v. non-celebrity)
26. RICO and false advertising
77. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Public Utilities Commission and corporate free speech