This update of the 1998 edition by Tom Krattenmaker examines the law for all forms of telecommunications because these technologies are interconnected. While taking this convergence into account, Benjamin (Duke U.) and legal scholars from three other major U.S. universities review the regulatory dimensions in historical context, emerging issues, and cases relevant to broadcast, cable, telephony, and the Internet and advanced (i.e., high speed) services. The final section treats the question of whether mergers and acquisitions might be reversing positive steps taken by the Federal Communications Commission in facilitating technological development and competition. The volume includes an edited, amended version of the Communications Act of 1934, basic diagrams of the technologies discussed, and a conceptual index- cum-telecommunications glossary. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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This book engages in advanced analysis of the key constitutional, administrative, and economic issues that arise in the various telecommunications settings. The new edition will continue the tradition of the first by offering a comprehensive yet lively and accessible introduction to the various regulatory regimes applicable to broadcast radio, broadcast television, cable television, all forms of telephony, and the Internet. The second edition will contain discussions and journal excerpts in addition to excerpts from important legal materials — the cases and FCC documents that define regulatory policy today — designed to help readers understand the technologies, economic principles, and business strategies that undergird the modern telecommunications market. The authors have streamlined much of the older material, resulting in a more compact casebook that will focus the bulk of its materials on current controversies and modern regulatory strategies. Summaries and previews at the start of each set of readings still help students know what to read for and questions at the end of each set still encourage students to think critically about those materials.The 2007 Supplement and second edition teacher's manual will be available in early August .2007
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