Communications law and policy : cases and materials / Jerry Kang.
2012
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Author
Title
Communications law and policy : cases and materials / Jerry Kang.
Published
New York, NY : Foundation Press, 2012.
Call Number
KF2750 .K36 2012
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
1609300319
9781609300319
9781609300319
Description
xviii, 910 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)767807037
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series
Record Appears in
Table of Contents
Preface to Fourth Edition
v
Figures and Tables
xi
Table of Contents
xiii
ch. 1
Power
1
A.
Technological Power
3
1.
Signals
4
a.
Signals Explained
4
b.
Signal Types: Analog or Digital
6
2.
Channels
8
a.
Wireless Systems
8
b.
Wireline Systems
9
B.
Economic Power
10
1.
The Story of Competition
10
2.
The Story of Monopoly
16
C.
Legal Power
18
1.
Congress
19
2.
Agencies
22
a.
The FCC
22
(i).
The Agency
22
(ii).
The Rulemaking Process
23
b.
Other Agencies
27
3.
Courts
28
4.
Federalism
30
a.
Federal / State Divide
31
b.
State Public Utilities Commissions
32
c.
Global Structures
32
ch. 2
Entry
35
A.
Justifications for Regulating Entry
36
1.
Broadcast
36
a.
Technology
36
b.
Context
42
c.
Physical Scarcity
44
NBC v. United States
44
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. FCC
51
Miami Herald Publishing Co. v. Tornillo
58
2.
Telephony
63
a.
Technology
63
b.
Context
65
c.
Common Carriage
66
NW Telephone Exchange Co. v. City of St. Charles
66
Note: Natural Monopoly
73
3.
Cable Television
76
a.
Technology
77
b.
Context
78
c.
Medium Scarcity
80
Community Communications Co. v. Boulder
80
Preferred Communications v. City of Los Angeles
87
4.
Mobile Telephony
93
a.
Technology
94
b.
Context
102
c.
Zoning
104
MetroPCS, Inc. v. San Francisco
105
Primeco Personal Communications v. City of Mequon
111
B.
Methods of Regulating Entry
118
1.
Merit
118
a.
Licensing
118
b.
Problems
120
c.
Current Law
121
2.
Luck
123
3.
Money
124
4.
Commons
128
Note: Scarcity's End
128
Spectrum Task Force Report
132
ch. 3
Pricing
145
A.
Ratemaking
147
1.
Setting Prices
147
a.
Overview: Mapping the Players
147
b.
Continuing Surveillance
154
c.
Rate-of-Return Regulation
155
Rates for Competitive Common Carrier Services
155
Rates for Dominant Carriers
159
d.
Price-Cap Regulation
162
Rates for Dominant Carriers (cont.)
163
2.
Challenging Prices
167
a.
Rationality: APA
167
USTA v. FCC
168
b.
Constitutionality: First Amendment
175
Note: Setting Prices in Cable TV
175
Time Warner Entertainment Co., L.P. v. FCC
178
B.
Subsidizing
184
1.
Setting Subsidies
184
a.
Universal Service before 1996
184
Access Charge Reform
185
b.
Universal Service after 1996
190
2.
Challenging Subsidies
191
Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel v. FCC
192
Note: Intercarrier Compensation
198
ch. 4
Bad Content
203
A.
Flow and Filter
204
1.
Broadcast
205
FCC v. Pacifica
205
Action for Children's Television v. FCC
215
FCC v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
226
Note: Violence and the V-Chip
239
2.
Telephony
243
FCC v. Sable Communications of California
243
Note: Dial-a-porn Regulations
248
3.
Cable
251
Cruz v. Ferre
251
United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group
256
4.
Internet
263
a.
Technology
263
Kevin Werbach, Digital Tornado: The Internet and Telecommunications Policy
263
Note: The Layers of the Internet
268
b.
Context
271
Joseph P. Liu, Legitimacy and Authority in Internet Coordination: A Domain Name Case Study
272
Milton Mueller & John Mathiason, Internet Governance: The State of Play
273
c.
Indecency
279
Reno v. ACLU
279
Ashcroft v. ACLU
293
Note: Children's Internet Protection Act
304
B.
Intermediary
306
1.
Before 47 U.S.C. [§] 230
307
Note: Defamation Law
307
Cubby v. CompuServe
310
Stratton Oakmont v. PRODIGY Services Co.
313
2.
After 47 U.S.C. [§] 230
319
a.
Expansion
319
Zeran v. America Online
319
Blumenthal v. Drudge
326
b.
Contraction
331
Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights v. Craigslist, Inc.
331
Fair Housing Council of San Fernando Valley v. Roommates.com
339
ch. 5
Good Content
355
A.
Trusting the Market
357
1.
Entertainment Programming
357
Changes in the Entertainment Formats of Broadcast Stations
358
WNCN v. FCC
364
FCC v. WNCN
372
Note: Historical Context---Civil Rights
376
2.
Informational Programming
379
TV Deregulation
380
Note: A Second Look at the Market
389
B.
Resisting the Market
392
1.
Set Aside Money
392
Note: Public Broadcasting
392
2.
Set Aside Time
395
a.
Children's Educational Programming
395
Children's Television Programming
396
Note: Cable TV comparison
405
b.
Political Discourse
407
Note: Digital TV
408
Public Interest Obligations of DTV Broadcasters
410
3.
Set Aside Channels
415
a.
Cable Television: Must-carry
415
Turner Broadcasting v. FCC
415
Note: Cable and Broadcast TV Relations
431
b.
Direct Broadcast Satellite: Non-Commercial Programming
434
Note: Direct Broadcast Satellite
434
Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. FCC
437
Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. FCC
440
ch. 6
Consolidation
447
A.
Limiting Ownership
448
Note: Consolidation
448
Policy Goals
450
Note: Ownership Regulations
456
1.
National Consolidation Rules
457
a.
Broadcast Television
457
Fox Television, Inc. v. FCC
458
National TV Multiple Ownership Rule
464
b.
Cable Television
473
2.
Local Consolidation Rules
476
a.
Broadcast Television
476
b.
Broadcast Radio
483
Note: Local Radio Ownership Rule
483
3.
Cross-Ownership Rules
488
a.
Overview
488
Burt Neuborne, Media Concentration and Democracy
488
b.
Cross Media Limits
493
Note: Diversity Index
493
Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC
496
c.
Newspaper + Broadcast Cross-Ownership Rule
505
Newspaper + Broadcast Cross-Ownership
505
d.
Beyond Broadcast
512
4.
Case-by-case Merger Approvals
515
B.
Promoting Ownership: Affirmative Action
517
Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC
517
Note: The Rise & Demise of Affirmative Action Programs
519
Note: The Diversity Order
523
ch. 7
Access
529
A.
Broadcast
530
1.
Fairness Doctrine
530
Note: Fairness doctrine
530
2.
Network Dominance
534
Note: Broadcast Television Industry
534
Schurz Communications v. FCC
541
Note: Other Regulations Restraining Network Dominance
549
B.
Cable Television
551
1.
Leased Access
552
Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. FCC
552
2.
MSO Dominance
556
C.
Telephony
559
1.
Breakup of AT&T
559
Note: Antitrust Law
560
Glen O. Robinson, The Titanic Remembered: AT&T and the Changing World of Telecommunications
561
United States v. AT&T
566
United States v. AT&T (cont.)
573
Note: Vertical Integration After the Telecommunications Act of 1996
581
2.
Local Interconnection
584
Verizon Communications Inc v. FCC
587
D.
Internet
599
Tim Wu, Why Have a Telecommunications Law?
Anti-Discrimination Norms in Communications
601
Broadband Policy Statement
605
Comcast Net Neutrality Order
607
Preserving the Open Internet
613
ch. 8
Classification
631
A.
Past: Cable TV
633
U. S. v. Midwest Video Corp. (Midwest Video I)
633
FCC v. Midwest Video Corp. (Midwest Video II)
637
B.
Present: Internet
641
1.
Dial-up
642
Access Charge Reform
642
2.
Broadband
645
Advanced Telecommunications Capability
645
High-Speed Access to the Internet over Cable
651
Note: Computer Inquiries
658
NCTA v. Brand X
662
3.
Limits of Ancillary Jurisdiction
679
Comcast v. FCC
679
Preserving the Open Internet
684
C.
Nascent
691
1.
VoIP
691
Universal Service Report
691
Vonage Petition
695
2.
IPTV
709
Office of Consumer Counsel v. AT&T
711
Research Appendix
721
Statutory Appendix
739
Index
873