Publisher's Synopsis
<p> <b>Author Website:</b> <a href="http://informationprivacylaw.com"> http://informationprivacylaw.com</a> </p> <p> In <b><i>Privacy and the Media</i></b>, Daniel Solove and Paul Schwartz provide thorough coverage of issues involving privacy, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. <b><i>Privacy and the Media</i></b> examines privacy torts, First Amendment restrictions on privacy torts, and the key cases and legislation that shape the legal landscape of information privacy law and the media. </p> <p> <b>An engaging introduction to the topic and an ideal text for a wide range of courses, <i>Privacy and the Media </i>features:</b> </p> <ul> <li> In-depth coverage of information privacy law and media issues <ul> <li> Privacy torts — intrusion upon seclusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light, and appropriation of name or likeness </li> <li> Defamation, First Amendment limitations on defamation law, and defamation online </li> <li> First Amendment restrictions on privacy torts </li> <li> The right of publicity and intentional infliction of emotional distress </li> </ul> </li> <li> A general introduction to privacy, including philosophical perspectives on the concept and value of privacy, economic and sociological perspectives, leading arguments for and against privacy, and a broad overview of the history and development of privacy law </li> <li> Important statutory material <ul> <li> The Video Voyeurism Prevention Act </li> <li> The California Anti-Paparazzi Act </li> <li> The Communications Decency Act, § 230 </li> </ul> </li> <li> A rich selection of landmark and milestone cases and materials, such as <ul> <li> <i>Warren and Brandeis’s “The Right to Privacy”</i> </li> <li> <i>Sidis v. F-R Publishing Corp., Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Co., Schulman v. Group W Productions, Inc.</i>, and other cases exploring the tension between the privacy torts and free speech </li> <li> <i>Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, Florida Star v. B.J.F., Bartnicki v.Vopper</i> , and other U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment limitations on privacy protections </li> <li> <i>New York Times v. Sullivan, Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., Zeran v. America Online, Inc.</i>, and other cases involving defamation, libel, public figures, and online speech. </li> </ul> </li> <li> Timely discussion of blogging and Internet gossip </li> <li> Clear and concise explanations of the law </li> <li> Casebook Website: <a href="http://informationprivacylaw.com"> http://informationprivacylaw.com</a> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p>
