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News Piracy and the Hot News Doctrine: Origins in Law and Implications for the Digital Age (Law and Society)

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Ekstrand explores the legal protections for the newsman's scoop, the hot news doctrine. This U.S. Supreme Court doctrine, now more than 80 years old, protects facts for a short period after publication -- in direct opposition to U.S. copyright law, which dedicates facts to the public domain. It remains highly controversial, but extremely valuable – not only to news organizations who seek its protections but now to others who seek to protect facts within highly complex and profitable digital databases. Though imperfect and ill-defined, the hot news doctrine may offer the best measured approach to protections for uncopyrighted works delivered by new technologies.
Request Code : ZLIBIO671798
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Year:
2005
Publisher:
LFB Scholarly Publishing
Language:
English
Pages:
224
ISBN 10:
1593320752
ISBN 13:
9781593320751
ISBN:
1593320752,9781593320751

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