Communications Law

This is FindLaw’s collection of Communications Law articles, part of the Corporate Counsel Center Law Library. Communications law is concerned with the regulation of radio and TV broadcasting to ensure satisfactory service and to prevent chaos. The law covers a variety of issues – media law, First Amendment, cable and broadcasting law, computer and internet law, and telecommunications. The federal government has largely governed broadcasting because by its nature broadcasting transcends state boundaries. Law articles in this archive are predominantly written by lawyers for a professional audience seeking business solutions to legal issues. Start your free research with FindLaw.

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Satellite Home Viewer Act

A: The Act defines "unserved household" as households that: (1) cannot receive,through the use of a conventional outdoor rooftop antenna, an over-the-air signal of "Grade B intensity" and (2) have not received network affiliated stations via cable ...
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Selling Snake Oil: False Advertising by Book Publishers

Nothing better illustrates the arrogance of big media corporations and their contempt for their consumers than a lawsuit now pending in California. The case involves a series of books published by a subsidiary of Disney that were ghostwritten under ...
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Slamming, Cramming And Other Abusive Tactics Of Long Distance Telephone Carriers

With deregulation of long distance telephone providers, consumers now have more options than ever available to them for their long distance telephone service. However, many unscrupulous long distance telephone carriers have abused the new ...
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Small Cable Operators and the 1996 Telecommunications Act

CABLE TELEVISION FACT SHEET SMALL CABLE OPERATORS AND THE 1996 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT Pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("1996 Act"), many small cable operators are now exempt from rate regulation with respect to some or all of their ...
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So, What’s the (Y2k) Problem?

Over the past two or three years, we have heard more about the "Millennium Bug," "Y2K," and the "Year 2000 Problem" than we ever wanted to. The striking thing about the subject is the dichotomy between the opinions on the ultimate effect it may have ...
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South Africa 1999-2000 and Beyond

The privatisation programme initiated by the Government of National Unity after winning the elections in 1994 was initiated with a declared aim of turning around a weak economy emerging from the apartheid era and restructuring South Africa's spread ...
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Standards Wars: Rights, Responsibilities, and Strategies

Participation in standard-setting organizations (SSOs) raises issues with grave implications for many companies. SSOs promote interoperability in technology systems through the adoption of technical standards. Conflicting demands for ...
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Suggestions on How to Prepare for the Year 2000

What is Y2K? Although it may have many names -- Y2K, the Millennium Bug, the year 2000 problem -- they all mean the same thing. The year 2000 problem is caused by a "shortcut" used in many computers and microchips. Years ago, to conserve memory ...
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Taking Care Of Business: Legal & Business Considerations of A Theme Restaurant

A generation or more ago, if you thought to combine a dining experience with an entertainment experience, you had two choices: a dinner theatre or a movie and a tub of popcorn. There was not much in between. However, with the success of Hard Rock ...
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Taking Legal Actions

If you believe that you have been financially damaged by a telecommunications carrier and would like to take legal action against that carrier, you may bring a lawsuit based on a violation of the Communications Act in Federal District Court file a ...
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