It's great to be famous-except, perhaps, when you go splat in public. "People's Book of Celebrity Scandals" offers an A-Z look at the past thirty years of embarrassing moments, marital shenanigans, and regrettable police encounters that put stars in the headlines, including: Britney Spears, Martha Stewart, Russell Crowe, Paris Hilton, Madonna, Charlie Sheen and many, many more.
Popular Culture and Law (The International Library of Essays in Law and Society)
What are the consequences when law's stories and images migrate from the courtroom to the court of public opinion and from movie, television and computer screens back to electronic monitors inside the courtroom itself? What happens when lawyers and public relations experts market notorious legal cases and controversial policy issues as if they were just another commodity? What is the appropriate relationship between law and digital culture in virtual worlds on the Internet? In addressing these c...
All You Need to Know about the Music Business (All You Need to Know about the Music Business)
by Donald S Passman
Now in its fourth edition, "All You Need to Know About the Music Business" is universally regarded as the definitive guide to the music industry. Called "the industry bible" by the "Los Angeles Times," this newest edition is filled with vital information on the technological advances that are reshaping the business, and how novices and experts alike should manage such changes. In the music business, the key to success lies in knowing how to protect yourself. To do that, you need the best and mos...
Freedom of the Screen: Legal Challenges to State Film Censorship, 1915-1981
by Laura Wittern-Keller
For more than fifty years mountain-born Earl Palmer traveled the Southern Appalachians with his camera, recording his personal vision of the mountain people and their heritage. Over these year he created, in several thousand photographs, a distinctive body of work that affirms a traditional image of Appalachia -- a region of great natural beauty inhabited by a self-sufficient people whose lives are notable for simplicity and harmony. For this book, Jean Haskell Speer has selected more than 120 r...
Social Media and the Law
This fully updated third edition of Social Media and the Law offers an essential guide to navigating the complex legal terrain of social media. Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok have become vital tools for professionals in the news and strategic communication fields. As these services have rapidly grown in popularity, their legal ramifications have continued to develop, resulting in students and professional communicators needing to be aware of laws r...