Media law (also known as communication law) deals with a wide range of issues dealing with content production and distribution, almost all of which are of importance to artists.
An introduction to the range of issues, from antitrust to community wireless to the labor rights of artists, that are bundled together under the label “free press.”
Free Press [www.freepress.net]
Free Press/Activist Issues
Brief introductions to key policy issues of concern to independent producers.
Center for Creative Voices in Media [www.creativevoices.us]
Center for Creative Voices in Media/Key Issues
This website is offered by a practising attorney to attract potential clients, but does include information of use to those who simply want to read the website materials.
Charles Carrera’s Primer of Online Media Law [onlinemedialaw.com]
Charles Carrera/Primer of Online Media Law
Media law as it applies to students in different types of institutional settings.
Student Press Law Center [www.splc.org]
Student Press Law Center/Press Freedom & Censorship