What's New| Packaged free with every copy of the text, a new Student Study Guide CD-ROM includes case reading exercises by Clay Calvert, of Pennsylvania State University, and the full text of several important cases, as well as self-tests, discussion questions, and other study aids.
Material on the implications of government actions in the wake of September 11 events will be included in several sections of the book, including military censorship, access to information, new use of old sedition laws, the limits on access to government Web sites and privacy.
New material on school censorship including actions against students who post messages on the Web and the resolution of Kincaid v. Gibson, the college yearbook censorship case.
New material in the libel chapters on the Jack Kevorkian libel-proof ruling, public and private figures, actual malice, opinion statements, punitive damages, and the statute of limitations and the Internet.
New right of publicity cases involving Dustin Hoffman, the 3 Stooges, and David Ruffin of the Temptations.
New material on Napster, MP3.com, and the recent arrest of a programmer for allegedly violating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. |
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