Privacy and the Media

In Privacy and the Media, Daniel Solove and Paul Schwartz provide thorough coverage of issues involving privacy, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. Privacy and the Media examines privacy torts, First Amendment restrictions on privacy torts, and the key cases and legislation that shape the legal landscape of information privacy law and the media.

An engaging introduction to the topic and an ideal text for a wide range of courses, Privacy and the Media features:

In-depth coverage of information privacy law and media issues;

Privacy torts intrusion upon seclusion, public disclosure of private facts, false light, and appropriation of name or likeness;

Defamation, First Amendment limitations on defamation law, and defamation online;

First Amendment restrictions on privacy torts;

The right of publicity and intentional infliction of emotional distress;

A general introduction to privacy, including philosophical perspectives on the concept and value of privacy, economic and sociological perspectives, leading arguments for and against privacy, and a broad overview of the history and development of privacy law;

Important statutory material;

The Video Voyeurism Prevention Act;

The California Anti-Paparazzi Act;

The Communications Decency Act, § 230;

A rich selection of landmark and milestone cases and materials, such as Warren and Brandeis s "The Right to Privacy";

Sidis v. F-R Publishing Corp., Sipple v. Chronicle Publishing Co., Schulman v. Group W Productions, Inc., and other cases exploring the tension between the privacy torts and free speech;

Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, Florida Star v. B.J.F., Bartnicki v.Vopper , and other U.S. Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment limitations on privacy protections;

New York Times v. Sullivan, Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc., Zeran v. America Online, Inc., and other cases involving defamation, libel, public figures, and online speech;

Timely discussion of blogging and Internet gossip;

Clear and concise explanations of the law.