Hot news in the age of big data : a legal history of the hot news doctrine and implications for the digital age / Victoria Smith Ekstrand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ekstrand, Victoria Smith, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--News articles--United States.

Copyright.

News Web sites--Law and legislation--United States.

News Web sites.

Online journalists--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Online journalists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The way news and information is gathered, reported, and digested has forever changed, and the increasing emphasis on speed is altering how society receives and acts on the information it processes. This book examines the origin, application, and development of the legal doctrine of ""hot news,"" which in U.S. law protects the facts of timely news and information for a limited period. It examines the doctrine's nearly 100-year history and its continued ability to preserve the economic value of news and information for its creators. Though declared dead by some, the doctrine is very much alive a

Contents:

When news is not

The origins of the hot news doctrine

Establishing a legal property right in news

Interpreting International News Service v. Associated Press (1918-1976)

Hot news meets the digital age (1976 - present)

The future of hot news in the age of big data.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59332-807-9

OCLC:

919201831