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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817801803321

Autore

Ekstrand Victoria Smith <1966->

Titolo

Hot news in the age of big data : a legal history of the hot news doctrine and implications for the digital age / / Victoria Smith Ekstrand

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, , 2015

ISBN

1-59332-807-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Disciplina

346.7304/82

Soggetti

Copyright - News articles - United States

News Web sites - Law and legislation - United States

Online journalists - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

When news is not -- The origins of the hot news doctrine -- Establishing a legal property right in news -- Interpreting International News Service v. Associated Press (1918-1976) -- Hot news meets the digital age (1976 - present) -- The future of hot news in the age of big data.

Sommario/riassunto

The way news and information is gathered, reported, and digested has forever changed, and the increasing emphasis on speed is altering how society receives and acts on the information it processes. This book examines the origin, application, and development of the legal doctrine of ""hot news,"" which in U.S. law protects the facts of timely news and information for a limited period. It examines the doctrine's nearly 100-year history and its continued ability to preserve the economic value of news and information for its creators. Though declared dead by some, the doctrine is very much alive a