Final

Question 0

What is Section 315?

Answer 0

Equal Opportunity Law written by Congress (does not apply to ballot issues)
All legally qualified candidates can ask within 7 days only for a “use” but not on
1) regular news cast
2) news interview program
3) news event or
4) documentary

Question 1

Who developed wireless telegraphy? (Radio)

Answer 1

Guglielmo Marconi

Question 2

Lowest unit rates for advertising

Answer 2

Candidates get the very best rate as advertising
45 days before primary.
60 days before general election.

Question 3

Section 312(a)(7)

Answer 3

Must provide reasonable access to candidates for federal office. Only applies to House, Senate & President.

Question 4

The Children’s Television Act

Answer 4

Limit on Advertising for kids.
-12 min/hr per week.
10 1/2 min/hr weekend.
e/i carry 3 hours weekly averaged over a 6 month period

Question 5

Cable Television Regulation

Answer 5

Partially regulated by FCC.

PEG channels-public educational gov’t channels (3 channels kept open)

Question 6

Retransmission consent

Answer 6

Part of the federal cable tv law allowing broadcast television stations to negotiate

Question 7

Internet Regulation

Answer 7

Reno v. ACLU

The internet is not regulated by FCC or Congress. It has full 1st Amendment Rights

Question 8

1973 Miller v CA

Answer 8

Landmark case for Current law/ definition of obscenity.

Question 9

Current law/def of obscenity

Answer 9

1) average person, applying contemporary community standards would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to prurient interests (national standard)
2) work depicts or describes sexual content in a patently offensive way
3) work taken as a whole, lacks serious literacy, artistic, political or scientific value. The Slaps Test

Question 10

Variable obscenity

Answer 10

Concept that sexually oriented material wouldn’t meet the definition of obscenity if distributed to adults but would be found obscene if distributed to minors

Question 11

Rico laws

Answer 11

Racketeer Influenced & Corrupt Organizations Act.
Forbid using money earned from illegal activities to finance legal/illegal businesses or nonprofits. Violators can be imprisoned and fined.

Question 12

Indecency

Answer 12

Indecency refers to nonconformance with accepted standards of morality. Material that is patently offensive but doesn’t have prurient appeal

Question 13

Video Games & Media Violence

Answer 13

Violent expression is protected by the 1st Amendment

Question 14

Intellectual property law

Answer 14

The legal category including copyright, trademark and patent law.

Question 15

Copyright law

Answer 15

Not the same thing as censorship. Written in the Constitution
Protects “original works of authorship”

Question 16

How long does personal copyright lasts?

Answer 16

Life + 70 years

Question 17

Work made for hire

Answer 17

EMPLOYER owns for 95 years, not the creator.

Question 18

Freelancers

Answer 18

First 1 Time in a North American Rights, you sell your work.

Question 19

The 1976 Copyright Act

Answer 19

A work is copyrighted when it’s created. You don’t have a registered copyright so you can’t sue unless you do.

Question 20

Unfair competition - misappropriation

Answer 20

Can’t take someone’s news events, reports.. It’s copyrighted by media organizations

Question 21

What is a copyright infringement defense?

Answer 21

Fair Use Defense

1) The purpose and the character of the use?
2) what was the nature of the copyrighted work itself
3) amount used & substantial it’s of whole
4) the effect your use have on the plaintiff’s marker value?

Question 22

What act protects trademark infringement?

Answer 22

Lanham Act