FCC orders EchoStar (DISH Network) to provide "must carry" carriage of Christian Television Station on its main CONUS satellite and not move it to a "wing" satellite, thus requiring viewers to get a second dish. (September 26, 2002)
Movie theaters to begin showing anti-piracy PSAs (SiliconValley.com, August 20, 2002)
Department of Justice to prosecute Peer-to-Peer file sharers (C|Net News.com, August 20, 2002)
Image Piracy -- This is a good, one-stop, direct treatment of the intellectual property rights issues with images and the penalties for violations of those rights. A must read!! (Thanks to Nathan Flood for the link.)
Digital Rights Management Daily -- This is a new news clearinghouse for information related to the managment of intellectual property rights for digital media. It includes other industry news, as well.
Copy? Right! -- This is a good, easy to read summary of the issues in the court challenge to the Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
Copyright Protection for Webcasting -- This issue has come up before the Copyright Office and they now have a Web page where they are providing updates on the issue, including links to copies of their decisions.
Contracts for every occasion - This is a library of sample contracts prepared for Web site development. The contracts cover such areas as linking rights, copyright permission and privacy policy.
CIO's Legal Research Center - This is an area on the CIO site that provides information on a broad range of legal issues for Chief Information Officers (CIOs). It includes general business and contract law, in addition to intellectual property rights.
A Writer's Guide to Fair Use in Copyright Law - This is an article that appeared in the January 2001 issue of Writer's Digest. (Thanks for Brittany Waggoner for pointing it out.)
Dr. Baker's Short Guide to Writing Class Papers and Reports
Student Orientation to Online Learning and the WebCT Course Tool
National Association of Broadcaster's Career Center
Annual Survey of Journalism and Mass Communication Graduates - This site has links to the reports on the results of an annual survey of the job market for journalism and mass communication graduates. The median salary, minority graduates and the job market, and benefits packages, etc. are reported and compared with previous years.
Working the Web: Is Your Salary Fair? -- Builder.com article (Jan. 13, 2000) reporting summary data from a survey of Internet professionals.
Page mantained by J. Wesley Baker, Ph.D. This page was last changed September 26, 2002.