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Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity

Law and Justice on TV

by Peter Robson, Jennifer L. Schulz, Christine A. Corcos, Olga Derzioti, Pedro Fortes, Lukas Musumeci, Nickos Myrtou, Fabian Odermatt, Stamatis Poulakidakos0, Germano Schwartz1, Franziska Stürmer2, Zofia Zawadzka3 ...

Television and streamed series that viewers watch on their TVs, computers, phones, and tablets are a crucial part of popular culture They have an influence on viewers and on law. People acquire values, behaviors, and stereotypes, both positive and negative, from television shows, which are relevant to people’s acquisition of beliefs and to the development of law.. In this book, readers will find ... Read more

$51.49 CAD

Television and streamed series that viewers watch on their TVs, computers, phones, and tablets are a crucial part of popular culture They have an influence on viewers and on law. People acquire values, behaviors, and stereotypes, both positive and negative, from television shows, which are relevant to people’s acquisition of beliefs and to the development of law.. In this book, readers will find
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Should Trees Have Standing?

Law, Morality, and the Environment

by Christopher D. Stone ...

Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher D. Stone updates his original thesis and explores the impact his ideas have had on ... Read more

$34.39 CAD

Originally published in 1972, Should Trees Have Standing? was a rallying point for the then burgeoning environmental movement, launching a worldwide debate on the basic nature of legal rights that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. Now, in the 35th anniversary edition of this remarkably influential book, Christopher D. Stone updates his original thesis and explores the impact his ideas have had on
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Hollywood Vampires

Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and the Celebrity Exploitation Machine

by Kelly Loudenberg, Makiko Wholey ...

**An explosive new book on the infamous trial *Depp v. Heard,***Hollywood Vampires paints an intimate picture of what was really going on behind the viral headlines between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, with never-before-told stories from their inner circle.Celebrity romances have always captured the public’s imagination, playing out like soap operas seized upon by fans and tabloids alike. By the ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

**An explosive new book on the infamous trial *Depp v. Heard,***Hollywood Vampires paints an intimate picture of what was really going on behind the viral headlines between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, with never-before-told stories from their inner circle.Celebrity romances have always captured the public’s imagination, playing out like soap operas seized upon by fans and tabloids alike. By the
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Balancing Privacy and Free Speech

Unwanted Attention in the Age of Social Media

by Mark Tunick ...

Series series Routledge Research in Information Technology and E-Commerce Law
In an age of smartphones, Facebook and YouTube, privacy may seem to be a norm of the past. This book addresses ethical and legal questions that arise when media technologies are used to give individuals unwanted attention. Drawing from a broad range of cases within the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and elsewhere, Mark Tunick asks whether privacy interests can ever be weightier than society’s interest ... Read more

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In an age of smartphones, Facebook and YouTube, privacy may seem to be a norm of the past. This book addresses ethical and legal questions that arise when media technologies are used to give individuals unwanted attention. Drawing from a broad range of cases within the US, UK, Australia, Europe, and elsewhere, Mark Tunick asks whether privacy interests can ever be weightier than society’s interest
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Oops…That’s Illegal!

A Handbook for the Wildly Curious (and the Accidental Outlaw)

by Mike Mandell ...

From the popular creator of @LawByMike, a hilarious guide to all your legal questions—from the obscure to the downright absurd.Could you be arrested if you let your kids have a few sips of wine with dinner? Is it illegal to lie on your dating profile? Can a python be an emotional support animal?Most people don’t know the majority of our country’s laws, so they don’t know how to avoid breaking them ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

From the popular creator of @LawByMike, a hilarious guide to all your legal questions—from the obscure to the downright absurd.Could you be arrested if you let your kids have a few sips of wine with dinner? Is it illegal to lie on your dating profile? Can a python be an emotional support animal?Most people don’t know the majority of our country’s laws, so they don’t know how to avoid breaking them
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The Copyright Zone

A Legal Guide For Photographers and Artists In The Digital Age

by Jack Reznicki, Edward Greenberg ...

If you license or publish images, this guide is as indispensable as your camera. It provides specific information on the legal rights of photographers, illustrators, artists, covering intellectual property, copyright, and business concerns in an easy-to-read, accessible manner. The Copyright Zone, Second Edition covers: what is and isn’t copyrightable, copyright registration, fair use, model ... Read more

$81.06 CAD

If you license or publish images, this guide is as indispensable as your camera. It provides specific information on the legal rights of photographers, illustrators, artists, covering intellectual property, copyright, and business concerns in an easy-to-read, accessible manner. The Copyright Zone, Second Edition covers: what is and isn’t copyrightable, copyright registration, fair use, model
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The New Ethics of Journalism

Principles for the 21st Century

Edited by Kelly B. McBride, Thomas B. Rosenstiel ...

Featuring a new code of ethics for journalists and essays by 14 journalism thought leaders and practitioners, this authoritative, practical book examines the new pressures brought to bear on journalism by technology and changing audience habits. It offers a new framework for making critical moral choices, as well as case studies that reinforce the concepts and principles rising to prominence in ... Read more

$64.79 CAD

Featuring a new code of ethics for journalists and essays by 14 journalism thought leaders and practitioners, this authoritative, practical book examines the new pressures brought to bear on journalism by technology and changing audience habits. It offers a new framework for making critical moral choices, as well as case studies that reinforce the concepts and principles rising to prominence in
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Entertainment Industry Economics

A Guide for Financial Analysis

by Harold L. Vogel ...

The entertainment and media industries, already important sectors of the US economy, continue to grow rapidly in other countries around the world. This ninth edition of Entertainment Industry Economics continues to be the definitive source on the economics of film, music, television, advertising, broadcasting, cable, casino and online wagering, publishing, performing arts and culture, toys and ... Read more

$73.59 CAD

The entertainment and media industries, already important sectors of the US economy, continue to grow rapidly in other countries around the world. This ninth edition of Entertainment Industry Economics continues to be the definitive source on the economics of film, music, television, advertising, broadcasting, cable, casino and online wagering, publishing, performing arts and culture, toys and
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On the path to AI

Law’s prophecies and the conceptual foundations of the machine learning age

by Thomas D. Grant, Damon J. Wischik ...

This open access book explores machine learning and its impact on how we make sense of the world. It does so by bringing together two ‘revolutions’ in a surprising analogy: the revolution of machine learning, which has placed computing on the path to artificial intelligence, and the revolution in thinking about the law that was spurred by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr in the last two decades of the ... Read more

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This open access book explores machine learning and its impact on how we make sense of the world. It does so by bringing together two ‘revolutions’ in a surprising analogy: the revolution of machine learning, which has placed computing on the path to artificial intelligence, and the revolution in thinking about the law that was spurred by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr in the last two decades of the
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Facebook, the Media and Democracy

Big Tech, Small State?

by Leighton Andrews ...

Facebook, the Media and Democracy examines Facebook Inc. and the impact that it has had and continues to have on media and democracy around the world.Drawing on interviews with Facebook users of different kinds and dialogue with politicians, regulators, civil society and media commentators, as well as detailed documentary scrutiny of legislative and regulatory proposals and Facebook’s corporate ... Read more

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Facebook, the Media and Democracy examines Facebook Inc. and the impact that it has had and continues to have on media and democracy around the world.Drawing on interviews with Facebook users of different kinds and dialogue with politicians, regulators, civil society and media commentators, as well as detailed documentary scrutiny of legislative and regulatory proposals and Facebook’s corporate
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Hollywood Dealmaking

Negotiating Talent Agreements for Film, TV and New Media

by Dina Appleton, Daniel Yankelevits ...

Hollywood Dealmaking has become the go-to resource for new and experienced entertainment attorneys, agent trainees, business affairs executives, and creative executives. Entertainment attorneys and Hollywood insiders Dina Appleton and Daniel Yankelevits explain the negotiation techniques and strategies of entertainment dealmaking and detail the interests and roles of producers, writers, actors, ... Read more

$17.99 CAD

Hollywood Dealmaking has become the go-to resource for new and experienced entertainment attorneys, agent trainees, business affairs executives, and creative executives. Entertainment attorneys and Hollywood insiders Dina Appleton and Daniel Yankelevits explain the negotiation techniques and strategies of entertainment dealmaking and detail the interests and roles of producers, writers, actors,
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The Legal Guide for Writers, Artists and Other Creative People

Protect Your Work and Understand the Law

by Kenneth P. Norwick ...

This comprehensive, authoritative and accessible book enables creators to understand the legal rights and safeguard their work from a wide variety of risks in both cyberspace and traditional media. It explains major developments in the applicable law and in the publishing, communications, art and entertainment businesses so you'll be able to confidently secure your work, negotiate contracts and ... Read more

$10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This comprehensive, authoritative and accessible book enables creators to understand the legal rights and safeguard their work from a wide variety of risks in both cyberspace and traditional media. It explains major developments in the applicable law and in the publishing, communications, art and entertainment businesses so you'll be able to confidently secure your work, negotiate contracts and
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Regulating Big Tech

Policy Responses to Digital Dominance

Edited by Martin Moore, Damian Tambini ...

Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and ... Read more

$31.19 CAD

Selected chapters from this book are published open access and free to read or download from Oxford Scholarship Online, https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/. Since Digital Dominance was published in 2018, a global consensus has emerged that technology platforms should be regulated. Governments from the United States to Australia have sought to reduce the power of these platforms and
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Gambling Regulation and Vulnerability

by Malgorzata A. Carran ...

Series series Elgar Studies in Law and Regulation
Since the UK Gambling Act of 2005 was introduced, gambling has stopped being seen, politically and legally as an inherent vice and is now viewed as a legitimate form of entertainment.Gambling Regulation and Vulnerability explores the laws around gambling that aim to protect society and individuals, examining the differences between regulatory rhetoric and the impact of legislative and regulatory ... Read more

$41.59 CAD

Since the UK Gambling Act of 2005 was introduced, gambling has stopped being seen, politically and legally as an inherent vice and is now viewed as a legitimate form of entertainment.Gambling Regulation and Vulnerability explores the laws around gambling that aim to protect society and individuals, examining the differences between regulatory rhetoric and the impact of legislative and regulatory
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Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society

Edited by Marta Pérez-Escolar, José Manuel Noguera-Vivo ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Media, Communication, and Politics
This timely volume offers a comprehensive and rigorous overview of the role of communication in the construction of hate speech and polarization in the online and offline arena.Delving into the meanings, implications, contexts and effects of extreme speech and gated communities in the media landscape, the chapters analyse misleading metaphors and rhetoric via focused case studies to understand how ... Read more

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This timely volume offers a comprehensive and rigorous overview of the role of communication in the construction of hate speech and polarization in the online and offline arena.Delving into the meanings, implications, contexts and effects of extreme speech and gated communities in the media landscape, the chapters analyse misleading metaphors and rhetoric via focused case studies to understand how
... Read more
The Musician's Business and Legal Guide

by Mark Halloran ...

The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide provides vital information to help demystify the music business and the complex body of law that shapes it. This book answers such questions as how to protect name and copyright; what is and is not legal about sampling; what are the legal issues surrounding digital downloads and streaming; what are the jobs of managers, talent agents and publishers; what are ... Read more

$107.17 CAD

The Musician’s Business and Legal Guide provides vital information to help demystify the music business and the complex body of law that shapes it. This book answers such questions as how to protect name and copyright; what is and is not legal about sampling; what are the legal issues surrounding digital downloads and streaming; what are the jobs of managers, talent agents and publishers; what are
... Read more
Baby You're a Rich Man

Suing the Beatles for Fun and Profit

by Stan Soocher ...

The Beatles, the most popular, influential, and important band of all time, have been the subject of countless books of biography, photography, analysis, history, and conjecture. But this long and winding road has produced nothing like Baby You’re a Rich Man, the first book devoted to the cascade of legal actions engulfing the band, from the earliest days of the loveable mop-heads to their present ... Read more

$21.99 CAD

The Beatles, the most popular, influential, and important band of all time, have been the subject of countless books of biography, photography, analysis, history, and conjecture. But this long and winding road has produced nothing like Baby You’re a Rich Man, the first book devoted to the cascade of legal actions engulfing the band, from the earliest days of the loveable mop-heads to their present
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FINANCING INDEPENDENT FILMS, 2nd Edition

50 Ways to Get the Golden Goose, not a Goose Egg

by M. M. Le Blanc ...

Series Book 1 - Film Financing Series
This MUST-HAVE film financing book provides 50 ways for filmmakers, producers, directors, actors, film students and film instructors to utilize in raising money to finance a film, lower the budget and bring the project to fruition.Bonus information include a checklist of all 50 ways to finance a film, over 175 film resources, information on preparing a chain of title, details on options and ... Read more

$10.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This MUST-HAVE film financing book provides 50 ways for filmmakers, producers, directors, actors, film students and film instructors to utilize in raising money to finance a film, lower the budget and bring the project to fruition.Bonus information include a checklist of all 50 ways to finance a film, over 175 film resources, information on preparing a chain of title, details on options and
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Digital Data Collection and Information Privacy Law

by Mark Burdon ...

Series Book 54 - Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law
In Digital Data Collection and Information Privacy Law, Mark Burdon argues for the reformulation of information privacy law to regulate new power consequences of ubiquitous data collection. Examining developing business models, based on collections of sensor data - with a focus on the 'smart home' - Burdon demonstrates the challenges that are arising for information privacy's control-model and its ... Read more

$36.79 CAD

In Digital Data Collection and Information Privacy Law, Mark Burdon argues for the reformulation of information privacy law to regulate new power consequences of ubiquitous data collection. Examining developing business models, based on collections of sensor data - with a focus on the 'smart home' - Burdon demonstrates the challenges that are arising for information privacy's control-model and its
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Envisioning Legality

Law, Culture and Representation

Edited by Timothy Peters, Karen Crawley ...

Envisioning Legality: Law, Culture and Representation is a path-breaking collection of some of the world’s leading cultural legal scholars addressing issues of law, representation and the image. Law is constituted in and through the representations that hold us in their thrall, and this book focuses on the ways in which cultural legal representations not only reflect or contribute to an ... Read more

$94.81 CAD

Envisioning Legality: Law, Culture and Representation is a path-breaking collection of some of the world’s leading cultural legal scholars addressing issues of law, representation and the image. Law is constituted in and through the representations that hold us in their thrall, and this book focuses on the ways in which cultural legal representations not only reflect or contribute to an
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Wie Politik und Medien systematisch lügen.Die große Täuschung

Eine Analyse politischer Manipulationen und Medienkampagnen

by Heinz Duthel ...

Wie Politik und Medien systematisch lügen.Die große Täuschung Eine Analyse politischer Manipulationen und Medienkampagnen Wie man unglaubwürdige Meldungen entlarvt: Ein Leitfaden zur Medienkompetenz In Zeiten von Fake News, politischer Polarisierung und Manipulation ist es wichtiger denn je, Nachrichten kritisch zu hinterfragen. Doch wie erkennt man, ob eine Meldung glaubwürdig ist oder nicht? In ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Wie Politik und Medien systematisch lügen.Die große Täuschung Eine Analyse politischer Manipulationen und Medienkampagnen Wie man unglaubwürdige Meldungen entlarvt: Ein Leitfaden zur Medienkompetenz In Zeiten von Fake News, politischer Polarisierung und Manipulation ist es wichtiger denn je, Nachrichten kritisch zu hinterfragen. Doch wie erkennt man, ob eine Meldung glaubwürdig ist oder nicht? In
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Fandom and the Law

A Guide to Fan Fiction, Art, Film & Cosplay

by Marc H. Greenberg ...

Fandom is a cultural phenomenon, embraced by millions of people worldwide, and its expression is the driving force for fan conventions, websites, and other forms of expression. Fandom and the Law is a current and unique resource that looks at the sociology of fandom, as expressed in fan-created content, and how established legal doctrines affect the creation and dissemination of fan fiction, fan ... Read more

$62.39 CAD

Fandom is a cultural phenomenon, embraced by millions of people worldwide, and its expression is the driving force for fan conventions, websites, and other forms of expression. Fandom and the Law is a current and unique resource that looks at the sociology of fandom, as expressed in fan-created content, and how established legal doctrines affect the creation and dissemination of fan fiction, fan
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Welcome To Lucknow

by Theobaldo Veira Monteiro ...

THE BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF PUNS BASED ON PICTURES. PUN, ALSO KNOWN AS PARONOMASIA, IS A HUMOROUS PLAY ON WORDS. THE WORD PLAYS OF THIS PIECE ARE MOSTLY BASED ON UNUSUAL NAMES OF TOWNS. E.G.: LUCKNOW IS A CITY IN INDIA. ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

THE BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF PUNS BASED ON PICTURES. PUN, ALSO KNOWN AS PARONOMASIA, IS A HUMOROUS PLAY ON WORDS. THE WORD PLAYS OF THIS PIECE ARE MOSTLY BASED ON UNUSUAL NAMES OF TOWNS. E.G.: LUCKNOW IS A CITY IN INDIA.
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Visit Bitche!

by Theobaldo Veira Monteiro ...

THE BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF PUNS BASED ON PICTURES. PUN, ALSO KNOWN AS PARONOMASIA, IS A HUMOROUS PLAY ON WORDS. THE WORD PLAYS OF THIS PIECE ARE MOSTLY BASED ON UNUSUAL NAMES OF TOWNS. E.G.: BITCHE IS A COMMUNE IN FRANCE! ... Read more

$11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

THE BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF PUNS BASED ON PICTURES. PUN, ALSO KNOWN AS PARONOMASIA, IS A HUMOROUS PLAY ON WORDS. THE WORD PLAYS OF THIS PIECE ARE MOSTLY BASED ON UNUSUAL NAMES OF TOWNS. E.G.: BITCHE IS A COMMUNE IN FRANCE!
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