Law and the Media

Tom Crone's classic text has been thoroughly revised by an impressive team of legal experts. It provides an essential source of reference for the key legal issues encountered by those who work in the media such as journalists, editors and producers, as well as media lawyers.Topics covered include:Protection of ReputationCopyright and Rights ClearanceNew MediaBreach of Confidence and PrivacyThe Data Protection Act 1998Reporting Restrictions, Contempt of Court and Protection of Journalistic SourcesThe Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Official SecretsProfessional Regulatory Bodies and AdvertisingThe Human Rights Act 1998The Law in Scotland and the United States of AmericaComprehensive supplementary reference material is also provided, including a glossary of legal terms, addresses, telephone numbers and web sites of professional bodies, and specimen agreements including interview agreements and moral rights waivers.With contributions from: Terence Bergin, Marietta Cauchi, Jane Colston, Mark Cranwell, Charles de Fleurieu, Simon Dowson-Collins, David Green, Peter Grundberg, Rebecca Handler, Joanna Ludlam, Rosalind McInnes, Hugh Tomlinson and John Wadham.

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Tom Crone is Legal Manager of News International plc, publishers of The Sun, News of the World, The Times and The Sunday Times. After 5 years as a practising Barrister, he became an in-house lawyer for Mirror Group in 1980 and 'jumped ship' to join News Group, publishers of The Sun and News of the World in 1985. Since then, he has been at the centre of numerous high profile media cases: Robert Maxwell, Elton John, Ian Botham, George Michael, Sonia Sutcliffe, Bill Roache, Gillian Taylforth, Bruce Grobelaar, Thompson and Venables (the Bulger Killers), and Her Majesty The Queen (twice).

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Part 1 Protection of Reputation; Chapter 1 Defamation, Marietta Cauchi; Chapter 2 Blasphemy, Seditious Libel and Criminal Libel, David Green; Part 2 Intellectual Property; Chapter 3 Copyright, Mark Cranwell; Chapter 4 New Media, Estelle Overs; Chapter 5 Rights Clearances, Philip Alberstat; Part 3 Privacy; Chapter 6 Breach of Confidence, Joanna Ludlam; Chapter 7 The Data Protection Act 1998, Terence Bergin; Chapter 8 The 'New' Right to Privacy, Peter Grundberg; Part 4 Comment on Court Proceedings; Chapter 9 Reporting Restrictions, Jane Colston; Chapter 10 Contempt of Court, Simon Dowson-Collins; Chapter 11 Protection of Journalistic Sources, Joanna Ludlam; Part 5 Prevention of Publication; Chapter 12 Prior Restraint, Hugh Tomlinson QC; Part 6 State Restriction on Publication; Chapter 13 Obscenity, Indecency and Incitement to Racial Hatred, David Green; Chapter 14 Freedom of Information, Charles de Fleurieu; Chapter 15 Official Secrets, John Wadham; Chapter 16 Parliamentary Proceedings and Elections, Tom Cassels, Rebecca Handler; Part 7 Media Regulation; Chapter 17 Professional Regulatory Bodies, Tom Cassels; Chapter 18 Advertising, Tom Cassels, Rebecca Handler; Part 8 The Law under the European Convention on Human Rights; Chapter 19 The Human Rights Act 1998, Hugh Tomlinson QC; Part 9 The Law in Other Jurisdictions; Chapter 20 The Law in Scotland, Rosalind McInnes; Chapter 21 The Law in the United States of America, Estelle Overs;