Participated with the Iowa Freedom of Information Council and 166 other media organizations, outlets, and individuals in a letter to the county attorney of Polk County, Iowa, in the pending criminal case State of Iowa v. Andrea M. Sahouri. Ms. Sahouri is a reporter for the Des Moines Register who was covering a local [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 7-13-20 Broadcasters are telling the FCC that Microsoft and Microsoft-funded groups have no leg to stand on when they oppose those broadcasters' request to use distributed transmission systems (DTS) to improve viewers' reception of their licensed service. The National Association of Broadcasters joined by America's Public Television Stations [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 7-13-20 The FCC Monday (July 13) marked the end of the 39-month TV station repack into smaller spectrum space following the FCC's auction of some of that broadcast spectrum for wireless back in 2017. The FCC gave six stations an extension of their move until September but the [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Van Buren v. United States. This is the first time the Supreme Court has considered the appropriate scope of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). In this case, a police officer in Georgia [...]
Participated with the Reporters Committee and 50 other media organizations and outlets in a letter to California Governor Gavin Newsom and local officials urging them to take immediate, concrete steps to end the police arrests and attacks on credentialed and clearly identifiable journalists that occurred during civil protests. The letter makes the same legal [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Courthouse News Service v. Schaefer. This case concerns the First Amendment right of timely access to civil complaints. CNS filed suit against the clerks of two Virginia circuit courts after [...]
Will Coordinate Program Activities of Institute’s New Digital Media Center FOR RELEASE: July 2, 2020 Contact: Richard T. Kaplar The Media Institute 703-243-5700 Arlington, Va., July 2, 2020 – Stuart N. Brotman, a noted professor whose academic portfolio includes law, communications, business, and public policy, has been appointed Distinguished Fellow of The Media Institute, effective [...]
By Lauren Feiner, CNBC, 7-1-20 CEOs from four tech giants – Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google – have all agreed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, a spokesperson confirmed to CNBC on Wednesday. Apple CEO Tim Cook had appeared to be the last to confirm his attendance at the hearing, according to a recent report [...]
By John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable Online, 7-1-20 Despite efforts by advertisers and agencies to delay implementation, California Wednesday (July 1) began enforcement of its California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the new data privacy law that gives the state's consumers more control over the collection and use of their online information, including opting out of [...]
Participated in an amicus brief (with the Reporters Committee and other amici) filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Cato Institute v. SEC. This case concerns a challenge by the Cato Institute to an SEC regulation and policy that precludes settling parties from ever publicly denying the allegations made [...]