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The FCC today upheld a $4000 fine issued to a broadcaster for broadcasting a telephone conversation without first getting the permission of the people on the other end of the line, denying reconsideration that the broadcaster had sought - arguing that the fine violated its First Amendment rights. The telephone conversation that led to the fine was between a station employee and two airport officials, about a controversy concerning the local airport.
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Discovering Electronic Discovery by Christoph Roggenkamp is a very good blog by an attorney who is also an electronic discovery expert. The blog hasn't been updated currently, however the information posted is very relevant and very well written; most of all it's easily understoody by those new to e-discovery.
The FCC released a Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture today, proposing a $10,000 fine against a public TV station in Los Angeles for requiring an appointment to view the station's public inspection file. This case shows how seriously the FCC takes the requirement of open and unfettered access to a broadcast station's public file. An FCC agent visited the station's main studio twice without identifying himself as an FCC employee.
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Public performances, synch and master use licensing, sound recordings, musical compositions - what are all these terms, and how does a digital media company make sense of them and figure out where to go get permission to use music in their business? These issues were discussed in a webinar that I did with my partner Rob Driscoll from our firm's New York office for the Texas Association of Broadcasters.
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