Bibliography of Recent Books in Communications Law

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RECENT BOOKS IN COMMUNICATIONS LAW

Patrick J. Petit*

The following is a selective bibliography of re- the United States, Germany, and the European cent books in communications law and related Convention on Human Rights. Chapter 1 dis- fields, published in late 1996 or 1997. Each work cusses the philosophical underpinnings of the is accompanied by an annotation describing con- right of privacy; Chapter 2 explores the history of tent and focus. Bibliographies and other useful the development of the right in each of the three information in appendices are also noted. systems. Subsequent chapters examine the structure, coverage, protected scope, content, and who are the subjects of the right to secrecy in telecom- FREEDOM OF PRESS AND SPEECH munications. An extensive bibliography and table of cases is provided. KAHN, BRIAN AND CHARLES NEESONS, EDI- TORS. Borders in Cyberspace: Information Policy and the Global Information Infrastructure. Cambridge, . SAJo, ANDRAS AND MONROE E. PRICE, EDI- Mass.: MIT Press, 1997. 374 p. TORS. Rights of Access to the Media. Boston, Mass.: Borders in Cyberspace is a collection of essays pro- Kluwer Law International, 1996. 303 p. duced by the Center for Law and Information Technology at Harvard Law School. The first part Rights of Access to the Media is a collection of es- of the collection consists of six essays which ad- says which examine the theoretical and practical dress the "where" of cyberspace and the legal is- aspects of media access in the United States and Europe. Part I contains essays by Monroe Price sues which arise because of its lack of borders: ju- risdiction, conflict of laws, cultural sovereignty, and Jean Cohen which address the dominant models of access theory. The six essays which extraterritorial enforcement, and alternative dis- comprise Part II discuss issues of access to the me- pute resolution. The second part addresses the dia in the United States and Europe. Specific es- effect of the Internet on transborder disputes in says address Germany, Central and Eastern Eu- the substantive areas of privacy, intellectual prop- rope, and the Czech Republic. The role of the erty, cryptography, consumer protection, and access to information. Each essay contains extensive courts in defining media access is the subject of Part III, with special emphasis given to the role of endnotes. judicial review in the developing democracies of Central Europe. Part IV concentrates on several Ruiz, BLANCA R. Privacy in Telecommunica- 'snapshots' of media development and access in tions: A European and an American Approach. Bos- the turbulent early days of democracy in Eastern ton, Mass., Kluwer Law International, 1997. 380 Europe, particularly Hungary and the Czech Re- p. public. Editor Monroe Price provides a conclu- Privacy in Telecommunications seeks to analyze sion to the piece. There are footnotes references the right to secrecy in telecommunications by within each essay, but no overall bibliography is comparing three different systems of protection: provided.

* B.A., Benedictine University; J.D., Catholic University Library, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of of America; M.L.S., University of Maryland; Associate America, Washington, D.C. Director and Head of Public Services, KathrynJ. DuFour Law COMMLAW CONSPECTUS [Vol. 6

WALLACE, JONATHAN AND MARK MANGAN. experience, consisting largely of listener's recol- Sex, Lies, and Cyberspace. New York, N.Y.: Henry lections of the impact which radio had on their Holt, 1996. 304 p. daily lives. The recollections provide a vivid pic- Sex, Lies, and Cyberspace presents several case ture of the significant changes which the practice studies in successful and unsuccessful attempts to of radio listening brought to social and family in- censor the content of the Internet. The first case stitutions and patterns during the '20s, '30s, and study details the high-profile 1993 prosecution of '40s. The author provides separate chapters on Robert and Carleen Thomas, California residents the listening experiences of those who lived dur- who were charged with distributing Internet por- ing each of the three decades prior to the advent nography in Tennessee under that state's commu- of television. Chapter 4 explores the social im- nity standards. Additional chapters address at- pact of the mobility provided by the development tempts by the Church of Scientology to harass of automobile and portable radios. Chapter 5 fo- Internet critics, concerns about cryptography, cuses on listening patterns and practices within bomb-making information, and other difficult is- the family. Additional chapters relate the exper- sues raised by the Internet as a gateway of infor- iences of listening to particular types of program- mation with no institutional gatekeeper. Chapter ming: children's, crime and horror, music, com- 9, entitled "Compass for Cyberspace," outlines the edy, drama, etc. A short bibliography is included. author's recommendations for controlling truly il- legal content on the Internet without compromis- ing the protections of the First Amendment. A BOUNDS, J. DENNIS. Perry Mason: The Author- short bibliography and endnotes are included. ship and Reproduction of a Popular Hero. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1996. 213 p. Bound's work studies the famous lawyer/detec- MEDIA MASS tive as a cultural icon and his extraordinary popularity in virtually in every media format. Separate APPLEGATE, EDD. Print and BroadcastJournal- ism: A Critical Examination. Westport, Conn.: chapters discuss the portrayal of Mason in Earl Praeger Publishers, 1996. 211 p. Stanley Gardener's 82 novels, 6 theatrical motion Applegate's book surveys a variety of both cur- pictures, 3,221 radio episodes, 271 television epi- rent and enduring issues in print and broadcast sodes, and more than twenty made-for-TV movies. journalism. Chapters 1 through 5 explore con- Bound examines the basic structure of a Perry Ma- son "case" and analyzes the differing treatments ceptual issues about the purposes of the media, the concept of news, balance and objectivity, the these elements receive in their various media ad- role of minorities, and the theoretical models for aptations. Chapter 6, subtitled the "Transmedia Poetics of Perry Mason," explores the common the press and media. The remaining chapters examine ethical issues, freedom of the press, and core of the Mason narrative. The author provides a number of tables, endnotes, and eleven pages of journalism education. The appendixes contain the text of many source documents dealing with photographs. The appendix contains an exten- media principles of operation: the NAB Radio sive listing of the Perry Mason "cases" adapted by the various media. A substantial bibliography of Code, the NAB Television Code, the Voluntary articles and studies is also included. Movie Rating System, and the codes of ethics and professional conduct for a wide variety of organi- zations dealing with newspapers, magazines, ad- CLOUD, STANLEY AND LYNNE OLSON. The vertising, and public relations. A short bibliogra- Murrow Boys: Pioneers on the Front Lines of Broadcast phy is also included. Journalism. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 445 p. BARFIELD, RAY. Listening to Radio: 1920-1950. Cloud and Olson, journalists themselves, pro- Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 1996. 218 p. vide a vivid account of the early days of broadcast Listening to Radio does not focus on the content journalism and the immense contribution of Ed- of radio programming, but on the dynamics of ward R. Murrow and that gifted group of report- the actual activity of listening to this new medium. ers he recruited for CBS radio and television. Barfield's book is an oral history of the listening Murrow's "Boys" included such renowned corre- 1998] RECENT BOOKS IN COMMUNICATIONS LAW spondents as William L. Shirer, Howard K. Smith, HiwmEs, MIcHELE. Radio Voices: American Charles Collingwood, Eric Sevareid, Richard C. Broadcasting, 1922-1952. Minneapolis, Minn.: Uni- Hottelot, and Winston Burdett. One strength of versity of Minnesota Press, 1997. 353 p. Cloud and Olson's book is the attention they give Radio Voices examines the origins and growth of to the achievement of CBS reporters who did not radio broadcasting not from the viewpoint of its achieve the same popular recognition accorded technological development, but from the social the headliners. They recognize the contributions and cultural context it expressed and helped cre- of Larry LaSueur, Bill Downs, Gene Ryder, ate. Hilmes addresses a variety of themes such as Charles Shaw, Ned Calmer, and the sole female the beginnings of mass culture, advertising and member of the "Boys," Mary Marvin Breckinridge. commercialism, and the shifting roles and percep- Murrow's Boys provides a compelling narrative of tions of gender, race, and social class. Chapter 1 the influence of Murrow and his correspondents focuses on the assimilation of immigrant cultures on the development of radio as an increasingly as portrayed and influenced by the success of The important source of news before and during Rise of the Goldbergs. Chapter 3 addresses the rise World War II. The book follows Murrow and his of the enduring serial/series narrative form and crew as they retool - with considerable misgiv- the problematic portrayal of race which accompa- ings and ambivalence - for the requirements of nied the enormous popularity of Amos 'n' Andy. the new medium of television. Endnotes, a bibli- Chapters 5 and 6 examine programming for wo- ography, and sixteen pages of photographs are in- men - the dominant daytime radio audience - cluded. and the portrayal of women in the "soap operas." The author provides additional chapters on night- time programming, the influence of advertising HEss, STEPHEN. InternationalNews and Foreign agencies, and radio's response to World War II. Correspondents. Washington, D.C.: The Brooking Extensive endnotes are included, as well as six- Institution, 1996. 209 p. teen pages of photographs. InternationalNews, the fifth volume of Stephen

Hess' Newswork series, examines the character and HOFFMANN-RIEM, WOLFGANG. Regulating Me- content of mainstream reporting on international dia: The Licensing and Supervision of Broadcasting in issues. The author devotes separate chapters to Six Countries. New York, N.Y.: Guilford Press, assessing the amount of coverage, the personal 1996. 424 p. background and characteristics of foreign corre- RegulatingMedia, a new addition to the Guilford spondents, and the use of freelancers and string- Communication Series, compares the broadcast li- ers. Hess also addresses the issue of what kind of censing and regulatory approaches of selected foreign news gets covered, the culture of foreign countries. Part I of the study devotes a separate correspondence, and the use of technology. chapter to the systems of the United States, Great Chapter 8, entided "Constructive Criticism," pro- Britain, Germany, France, Canada, and Australia. vides the author's personal assessment. The study Each chapter examines the development and has extensive endnotes and appendixes with a structure of the broadcasting system, the agencies wide variety of tables and survey information. and procedures of broadcasting regulation, and regulatory issues of particular concern to each system. In Part II the author attempts to take a more HEss, STEPHEN. News and Newsmaking. Wash- transnational approach and "to formulate some ington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1996. 148 p. systematic observations on the subject of broad- News and Newsmaking is a collection of essays cast regulation." Chapters in Part II are devoted written by media scholar Stephen Hess between to the justifications for regulation, its patterns, or- 1980 and 1994. The essays cover issues in print ganization, supervisory action, and assessment. and electronic journalism with the focus primarily The book provides extensive endnotes, a table of on the reporting of national politics. There are cases and authorities, and a huge bibliography. individual essays on reporting at the White House, on Capitol Hill, from foreign countries, and state capitals. COMMLAW CONSPECTUS [Vol. 6

HuMPHREY, CAROL S. The Press of the Young NORRIS, PIPPA, EDITOR. Women, Media, and Republic, 1783-1833. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Politics. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, Press, 1996. 182 p. 1997. 269 p. The Press of the Young Republic is the second vol- Women, Media, and Politics is a collection of es- ume of Greenwood Press' History of American Jour- says which seeks to integrate current research on nalism Series. It commences where the series' first women as journalists, women as political candi- volume - The Early American Press, 1690-1783 by dates and leaders, and the media coverage of wo- William David Sloan & Julie H. Williams (Green- men in the political arena. Part I consists of two wood Press, 1994) - ends. The fifty years cov- essays on the role of women asjournalists. Part II, ered by the book saw an enormous growth in the comprising Chapters 3 through 6, considers wo- number of daily newspapers. The first, the Penn- men as candidates and addresses issues of gender sylvania Evening Post, was founded in 1783; by stereotyping and the media coverage of the so- 1833 there were eighty-eight dailies. This period called "gender gap." Parts III and IV examine also marks the emergence of magazines as an es- changing images of women in positions of power tablished part of the publishing market. Individ- and the media coverage of feminism and feminist ual chapters address the development of the press issues. Each essay contains endnotes and there is during identifiable historical and political periods a substantial bibliography of references. - e.g., the Confederation period, the Age of Jef- ferson, the Age of Jackson - and in response to TELECOMMUNICATIONS particular events - e.g., the Sedition Act, the War of 1812, and the rise of the political parties. The BEKKERS, VICTOR, BERT-JAAP KooPs AND work is scholarly in tone and approach and con- SJAAK NOUWT, EDITORS. Emerging Electronic tains substantial endnote references and a large Highways: New Challengesfor Politics and Law. Bos- bibliography. ton, Mass.: Kluwer Law International, 1996. 187 p. The first volume of NEUZIL, MARK. Mass Media & Environmental Kluwer's Law and Electronic Conflict: America's Green Crusades. Thousand Oaks, Commerce series, Emerging Electronic Highways is a Cal.: Sage Publications, 1996. 243 p. collection of essays on the legal and regulatory issues of the information Mass Media & Environmental Conflict examines superhighway. The editors arrange the essays into two main the interplay of environmental issues and the me- categories: political dia before 1960, that is, before the environmental challenges and legal challenges. Among the political concerns addressed movement became a prominent television issue. in Part I are de- mocratization, electronic Each of the chapters focuses on a particular envi- public information systems, and interactive ronmental conflict and on the role which the de- multimedia. In Part II the essays address the veloping television media played. Chapters 1 and legal issues of the telecommunications infrastructure, privacy, cryptography and 2 cover the influence of Forest and Stream maga- security, zine on the development of hunting regulation online commerce, liability, and taxation. Each chapter contains and the newspaper coverage - and in particular footnotes and a short bibli- the role of New York World editor Walter Lippman ography is included. - of the workplace safety suit of the "Radium Girls." Chapters 3 and 4 address the creation of BoNNETT, THOMAs W. Telewars in the States: the national parks and the muckraker's investiga- Telecommunications Issues in a New Era of Competi- tion of the Great Alaskan Land Fraud. Additional tion. Washington, D.C.: Council of Governors' chapters cover the media's role informing the Policy Advisors, 1996. 165 p. public about the Hetch Hetcy dam controversy, Telewars in the States is a publication of the the popularization of leaded gasoline products, Council of Governors' Policy Advisors' Telecom- and dramatic environmental occurrences like the munications Project and addresses the states' role 1948 "killer smog" at Donora, Pennsylvania. The in telecommunications. Chapters 1 through 4 appendixes contain a very detailed historical time- provide general background on the societal im- line of environmental conflicts and an extensive portance of telecommunications, the develop- bibliography of references. ment of the telephone industry, and the historical 1998] RECENT BOOKS IN COMMUNICATIONS LAW role and current trends in state regulation. Chap- GODEK, STEPHEN C. Determinants of Public In- ter 5 outlines the major state issues contained in terest Cable Communications Policies. Lanham, Md.: the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Chapter 6 University Press of America, 1996. 205 p. concentrates on future policy choices for the Stephen Godek's study seeks to determine how states with special emphasis on issues of citizen new technologies, specifically cable television, can privacy and tax equity. The appendixes contain a be organized in order to function in the public summary of major themes in state regulation of interest. Chapters 1 and 2 concentrate on three telecommunications, a summary of state responsi- public interest dimensions of cable communica- bilities under the Telecommunications Act of tions: diversity of information, local communica- 1996, an extensive glossary of terms, and a se- tions services, and interactive capability. Chapters lected bibliography. 3 through 6 examine the theories which underlie cable public interest policies and provide empiri- cal analysis of the interplay of these theories. The GASTER, ROBIN AND OTHERS. Bit by Bit: Build- final ing a Transatlantic Partnershipfor the Information two chapters explore the impact and role of regulation and Age. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, 1996. 308 p. offer the author's conclusions and recommendations. Endnotes and an extensive Bit by Bit examines the conflicts between the United States and Europe in the contemporary bibliography are provided. context of the globalization of the telecommunications industry. Section 1 provides an overview HILLIARD, ROBERT L. AND MICHAEL C. of the problems and a survey of the United States KEITH. Global BroadcastingSystems. Boston, Mass.: and European telecommunications markets. Sec- Focal Press, 1996. 218 p. tion 2 addresses regulation in each market and Global BroadcastingSystems provides a wide-rang- the movement toward deregulation and increased ing overview of the structure, regulation and is- competition. Section 3 examines specific issues, sues in broadcasting throughout the world. Chap- such as technical standards, intellectual property, ter 2 provides a general survey of broadcasting and the audio-visual sector. The final section uses systems and markets worldwide. Additional chap- Britain and Germany as case studies in telecom- ters address financing, regulation, broadcast pro- munications reform. The chapters contain gramming, media freedom, and external broad- endnote references and variety of tables and illus- casting services. The treatment is intentionally trations. broad and provides a useful snapshot of broadcasting throughout the world. A glossary and short bibliography is included. GERSHON, RIcHARD A. The TransnationalMe- dia Corporation: Global Messages and Free Market Competition. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum As- KENNEDY, CHARLES H. AND M. VERONICA sociates, 1997. 226 p. PASTOR. An Introduction to International Telecom- The chapters which comprise Part I of Ger- munications Law. Boston, Mass.: Artech House, shon's book address specific issues common to 1996. 279 p. the Transnational Media Corporation. There are Introduction to International Telecommunications separate chapters on direct foreign investment, Law is a new addition the Artech House Telecommu- deregulation and privatization, the globalization nications Library. It is a companion volume to of media, managing the transnational corpora- Charles Kennedy's earlier Introduction to U.S. Tele- tion, and issues of cultural and national sover- communications Law published in 1994 by Artech eignty. Part II, entitled "The Players," provides House. Part I examines transnational issues in case studies of five leading transnational media telecommunications, including standards, spec- corporations: Time Warner, Sony, Bertelsmann, trum allocation, satellite systems, international Walt Disney, and News Corporation. Gershon trade, and intellectual property issues. Part II, maintains that contrary to popular belief these covering Chapters 9 through 14, provides a global media giants are not monolithic and he uses these survey of domestic telecommunications regula- chapters to outline the differences in history, busi- tion by focusing specific chapters on Asia, North ness philosophy, and economic performance of America, the European Union, Eastern Europe, each. Endnotes and tables are included. and Latin America. COMMLAW CONSPECTUS [Vol. 6

KNAUER, LEON T. AND OTHERS. Telecommuni- communication regulatory agency, the Ministry of cations Act Handbook: A Complete Guide for Business. Posts and Communications and the government- Rockville, Md.: Government Institutes, 1996. 620 sanctioned telecommunications competitors, the p. Lian Tong andJi Tong projects. Additional chap- The Handbook consists of a series of short arti- ters treat the issues of privatization, foreign invest- cles which discuss the impact of the Telecommu- ment, and Chinese efforts to control access to in- nications Act of 1996 and appendices which pro- formation on the Internet. In their conclusion, vide the texts of source documents. Individual authors Mueller and Tan propose several scena- chapters discuss the legislative history of the Act, rios of the development of a Chinese telecommu- telephony, broadcast, cable television, wireless nication model and examine the impact of the re- communications, regulatory reform, and global turn of Chinese sovereignty over Hong Kong. communications. Appendix 1 contains the full The book contains extensive tables, endnotes, text of the Telecommunications Act of 1996; Ap- and a bibliography. pendix 2 reproduces the text of the Communica- tions Act of 1934 as amended by the 1996 Act. READ, WILLIAM H. AND JAN L. YOUTIE. Tele- Additional appendixes contain a state survey of communications Strategy for Economic Development. the status of local switched competition, a pro- Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 1996. 164 p. posed schedule of FCC rulemaking, a glossary, The introductory chapter of Telecommunications and bibliography. Strategy examines the technological, socio-economic, and political challenges of using telecom- LEE, KELLEY. Global Telecommunications Regu- munications as an engine for economic develop- lation: A Political Economy Perspective. London, ment. Chapter 2 assesses the role of state Eng.: Pinter, 1996. 210 p. regulatory policies. Five case studies in leveraging Kelley Lee's book focuses primarily on the role telecommunications for economic development of the International Telecommunication Union provide the raw material for the core of the study. in the regulation of global telecommunications. Separate chapters examine in detail: the suburb Part I, comprising Chapters 2 and 3, analyzes vari- of Richardson, Texas, the telecommunications ous theories of international organization and ar- center of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex; the ticulates the assumptions which underlie them. New Jersey initiative for providing expedited ac- Part II applies these theories to the ITU as an in- cess to advanced telecommunications in homes ternational regulatory institution and examines and businesses; telecommunications as the back- the interests and ideas inherent in its regulatory bone of rural economic development in impact on global communications. The appendi- LaGrange, Georgia; Singapore as the information ces contain a glossary of terms, a listing of the gateway for Asia; and the telecommunications members of the International Telecommunica- component of the 1996 Atlanta Olympic effort. tions Union with their dates of admission, and a The appendix provides a useful survey of state tel- substantial bibliography. ecommunication regulatory systems. A glossary and bibliography are also provided.

MUELLER, MILTON AND ZIXIANG TAN. China in the Information Age: Telecommunications and the SAPPLINGTON, DAVID E.M. AND DENNIS L. Dilemmas of Reform. Westport, Conn.: Praeger Pub- WEISMAN. Designing Incentive Regulation for the lishers, 1997. 165 p. Telecommunications Industry. Cambridge, Mass.: China in the Information Age is published as part MIT Press, 1996. 388 p. of the Center for Strategic and International Stud- Published as part of the American Enterprise ies' Washington Papers series. The authors address Institute's Studies in Telecommunications Deregula- the interrelationship of economic growth and tion, Designing Incentive Regulation examines alter- telecommunications policy in China's self-de- natives to the traditional rate-of-return regulation scribed "socialist market economy." Chapter 1 within the telecommunications industry. The first analyzes the dynamics of China's economic re- three chapters outline the history and develop- form policy and the role of telecommunications. ment of the current regulatory schemes. Chapters Chapters 2 and 3 examine the government's tele- 4 through 8 discuss the role of competition as the 1998] RECENT BOOKS IN COMMUNICATIONS LAW

basis for the development of sound principles of ternet usage. Each chapter is well-footnoted with incentive regulation and its operation under dif- references to case authorities and other docu- fering market conditions. The remaining chap- mentary sources. ters analyze methods for measuring the success of incentive regulation plans. The study provides a glossary and an extensive bibliography. SULLIVAN, THOMAS F.P. Official Telecommuni- cations Dictionary: Legal and Regulatory Definitions. Rockville, Md.: Government Institutes, 1997. 313 SMEDINGHOFF, THoMAs J. Online Law: The p. SPA's Legal Guide to Doing Business on the Internet. The term "official" in the title of this dictionary Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Developers Press, derives from the fact that editor Sullivan com- 1996. 544 p. piled his handy dictionary from official statutory Published under the auspices of the Software and regulatory sources. The definitions are taken Publishers Association, Online Law is a practical primarily from the Code of Federal Regulations, the handbook to the many legal issues involving the U.S. Code (including the Telecommunications Act of use of the Internet. It is similar in approach and 1996), and some international telecom sources. basic content to Kent Stuckey's Internet Law (Law Multiple definitions of terms and acronyms are in- Journal Seminars-Press, 1996; listed above). On- cluded. Government Institutes publishes a com- line Law employs a more popular tone and struc- panion volume, Telecommunications: Glossary of Tele- ture. The writing is less technical, the footnote communications Terms (Government Institutes, references less voluminous, and its paperbound 1997), which provides definitions for technical format makes regular supplementation more diffi- terminology used in telecommunications stan- cult. The book covers the recognized issues of In- dards. ternet law: electronic commerce, privacy, obscen- ity, liability, defamation, and intellectual property. Given its sponsorship by the SPA, it is not surpris- WILEY, RICHARD E. AND R. CLARK ing that it has a strong emphasis (nearly one-third WADLOW, EDITORS. The Telecommunications Act of of its chapters) on intellectual property issues. 1996 New York, N.Y.: Practising Law Institute, Endnotes follow each chapter and a glossary of 1996. 576 p. terms is provided. This sourcebook is published as part of the Practising Law Institute's Course Handbook Series on Patents, Copyright, Trademarks and Literary Property. STUCKEY, KENT D. Internet and Online Law. Typical of PLI course handbooks, it is a compila- New York, N.Y.: LawJournal Seminars-Press, 1996. tion of source documents and readings to accom- Pagination varies. pany a live program presented by the organiza- Internet and Online Law is a single-volume trea- tion. As with most publications in this series, the tise which is part of the publisher's Commercial course handbook has value even though the Law Intellectual Property series. Designed as an in- reader did not attend the program. This course troduction to Internet law for the lawyer or busi- book, focusing on the Telecommunications Act of nessperson, the loose-leaf volume addresses prac- 1996, includes the text of the Act, the Conference tical legal aspects of doing business on the Report, Joint Explanatory Statement (H. Rpt. 104- Internet in a variety of substantive areas: con- 458), the draft FCC implementation schedule, a tracting, defamation, misrepresentation, obscen- series of summaries of the key provisions, and a ity and indecency, privacy, copyright, and patents. selection of law review articles, newspaper stories, There are additional chapters on the specialized and several not previously published discussions regulatory and procedural issues raised by In- of the content and implications of the Act.