Comm Law and Ethics 400
""No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying," – Thomas Jefferson
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  • Course
    • About this site
    • Syllabus (general)
      • Schedule (general)
      • Comm Law short course
      • Gov’s School 2023
      • COMS 611 graduate syllabus
    • Podcasts
    • Powerpoint class notes
    • Cases in Comm Law
    • FIRAC analysis
    • Laws & Treaties
    • R1 – Int’l Media research
    • MC1 – About moot court
    • Moot Court Cases
    • MC2 – Writing a legal brief
    • Exam reviews
  • Intro
    • 1.2 First Amendment (US)
    • 1.3 Legal systems
    • 1.4 Case example Smith v Johnson
    • 1.5 Comm law basics
    • 1.6 Civics & principles of law
    • 1.7 Concepts & terms in law
    • 1.8 Jurisprudence
    • 1.Q Civics quiz
    • ETHICS 2.1
    • 2.2 Traditions of ethics
    • 2.3 Professional ethics
    • 2.4 Social responsibility
    • 2.5 Images & ethics
    • 2.6 Ethics hypotheticals
    • 2.Q Ethics quiz
  • History
    • 3.2 Enlightenment
    • 3.3 The US Constitution
    • 3.4 Nineteenth Century
    • 3.Q History quiz
    • CENSORSHIP 4.1
    • 4.2 Twentieth century
    • 4.3 Compelled speech
    • 4.4 Right of Association
    • 4.5 Public Schools & Universities
    • 4.6 Local Gov’t & First Amendment
    • 4.7 Hate speech
    • 4.8 Obscenity
    • 4.Q Prior restraint quiz
  • Libel-Priv
    • 5.2 Background on Libel
    • 5.3 Sullivan and related cases
    • 5.4 Libel – Current cases
    • 5.5 Int’l Defamation
    • 5.6 Hypotheticals: Libel
    • 5.Q Libel quiz
    • PRIVACY 6.1
    • 6.2 RTBF & Privacy
    • 6.3 Hypotheticals: Privacy
    • 6.Q Privacy quiz
  • Ad-PR
    • 7.2 Advertising legal history
    • 7.3 Advertising cases
    • 7.4 Advertising regulation
    • 7.5 Deceptive advertising
    • 7.6 FDA, Oxycontin and ‘Dopesick’
    • 7.7 Alcohol ads
    • 7.8 Tobacco ads
    • 7.9 Regulating children’s ads
    • 7.10 Public forum ads
    • 7.11 Signs & advertising
    • 7.12 Corporate speech (PR)
    • 7.13 Int’l Ad Regs
    • 7.Q Ad law quiz
  • RTVF-News
    • 8.2 Radio & TV Regulation
    • 8.3 Broadcast censorship
    • 8.4 Film censorship
    • 8.Q R-TV-F quiz
    • NEWS 9.1
    • 9.2 News gathering photo & video
    • 9.3 FOIA
    • 9.3.1 Virginia FOIA
    • 9.4 Free press fair trial
    • 9.4.1 Pre-trial publicity
    • 9.5 Shield laws
    • 9.6 Trespass & newsroom searches
    • 9.7 Student press law
    • 9.Q News reporting quiz
  • Digital
    • 10.2 Section 230
    • 10.3 Digital access & de-platforming
    • 10.4 Digital Privacy
    • 10.5 Digital structure
    • 10.Q Section 10 quiz
  • Copyright
    • 11.2 Copyright basics & history
    • 11.3 Copyright and music
      • 11.3.1 More parodies
    • 11.4 Copyright cases
    • 11.5 Copyright & Public Domain
    • 11.6 Copyright and digital media
    • 11.7 Trademark issues
    • 11.Q Copyright quiz
  • AntiTtrust
    • 12.2 Antitrust & traditional media
    • 12.3 Structure of broadcasting
    • 12.4 Digital media structure
    • 12.Q Anti-trust quiz

Powerpoint class notes

1.Intro to media law 2025

2.Ethics.2025

3. Law.history

4.PriorRestraint.2025

5. Libel.2025

6. Privacy2025

MidTermReview2025

7. Advertising Regulations 2025

8. Broadcast Regulations 2025.

9. News.Sp2025 

11.Copyright.2025

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