FOR RELEASE: February 27, 2014 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Feb. 27, 2014 – The Media Institute has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case that could have disastrous consequences for the U.S. broadcasting industry. The Institute filed a brief in American Broadcasting Companies, [...]
Filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in a case that could have disastrous consequences for the U.S. broadcasting industry. The Institute filed a brief in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc., arguing that Aereo's model for distributing broadcast content to its subscribers violates broadcasters' rights under copyright law and is merely a blatant [...]
FOR RELEASE: January 29, 2014 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Jan. 29, 2014 – First Amendment attorney Greg Lukianoff has joined The Media Institute’s First Amendment Advisory Council, it was announced today by Patrick D. Maines, president of the Institute. Mr. Lukianoff is president of the Foundation for Individual [...]
FOR RELEASE: December 12, 2013 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Washington, Dec. 12, 2013 – Antoinette Cook Bush of News Corp was elected to the Board of Trustees of The Media Institute at the board’s annual meeting on Dec. 10. Bush is Executive Vice President and Global Head of Government Affairs [...]
Filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to grant a writ of certiorari from petitioners in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. The brief argues that Aereo's bizarre scheme of using thousands of tiny antennas to retransmit broadcast content to its subscribers amounts to "manipulative technological exploitation." The [...]
FOR RELEASE: November 12, 2013Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Nov. 12 – The Media Institute has filed a friend-of-the-court brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case that has far-reaching consequences for the intellectual property rights of broadcasters. The Institute filed a brief in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. [...]
FCC Head Mignon Clyburn, Attorney Floyd Abrams To Speak at D.C. Event FOR RELEASE: October 21, 2013 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Oct. 21, 2013 – The Media Institute will honor Senator Gordon Smith, president and CEO of the National Association of Broadcasters, and Josh Sapan, president and CEO [...]
FOR RELEASE: September 4, 2013 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., Sept. 4 – The heads of two prominent entertainment industry organizations have joined the Free Speech Week Advisory Council, it was announced today by The Media Institute. John Fithian, president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners [...]
FCC Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn To Deliver Keynote Remarks at Oct. 22 Event FOR RELEASE: July 26, 2013 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 26, 2013 – The Media Institute will bestow awards on National Association of Broadcasters President and CEO Gordon Smith and AMC Networks President and CEO Josh [...]
Filed an amicus brief, with The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression and the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project, before the U.S. Supreme Court in Hunter v. Virginia State Bar. The brief supports a petition for a writ of certiorari. The case, involving an attorney's blog that may contain both [...]