High court to hear wiretapping case with significant effect on news media
Article Abstract:
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear Bartnicki v. Vopper in 2001, a case regarding the use of wirtetapping of third parties by the press and their publication of the obtained recordings.
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2000
United States, Cases, Sound recordings, Freedom of the press
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2000
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"Can we tape?" A journalist's guide to taping phone calls and in-person conversations in the 50 states and D.C
Article Abstract:
The laws of all 50 states and the District of Columbia regarding the tape-recording of telephone conversations and in-person interviews, as well as hidden cameras, are reviewed.
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2003
Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Laws, regulations and rules, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Electronic surveillance, Journalists, Magnetic recorders and recording, Magnetic recording, Consent (Law)
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2003
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Subjects list: Wiretapping
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