Entertainment and media law Books

Book SynopsisDie Regulierung des Internets, häufig auch als Internet Governance bezeichnet, erfolgt gegenwärtig durch eine Vielzahl sowohl privater als auch staatlicher Akteure. Zugleich ist es eine der drängendsten Herausforderungen mit Blick auf die Zukunft des Internets, den ständigen Prozess des Wandels und der Fortentwicklung dieses Mediums regulatorisch zu begleiten und einzuhegen. Dies wirft die Frage auf, welchen Regelungen und Vorschriften Regulierungsmaßnahmen unterliegen, die auf das Internet abzielen. Da aufgrund der entgrenzten Natur des Internets einer Regulierungsmaßnahme praktisch stets eine grenzüberschreitende und damit internationale Dimension zukommt, lässt sich dies jedoch nicht allein anhand nationaler Rechtsvorschriften beantworten. Stattdessen ist hierfür ein Rückgriff auf das Völkerrecht angezeigt. Der Band soll einen Beitrag dazu leisten, die Bedeutung des Völkerrechts für die globale Internet Governance zu ermitteln. Table of Contents​Einleitung.- Begriffsbestimmung und Untersuchungsgegenstand.- Notwendigkeit einer globalen Internet Governance.- Status quo der globalen Internet Governance.- Völkerrecht und Internet Governance.- Völkerrechtliche formelle Anforderungen an eine globale Internet Governance.- Völkerrechtliche materielle Anforderungen an eine globale Internet Governance.- Zusammenfassung und Schlussbetrachtung.- Literaturverzeichnis

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Book SynopsisTeil 1 Einführung.- Teil 2 Das Forschungsnetz in Deutschland und Europa.- Teil 3 Die Bedeutung der Wissenschaftsfreiheit für Forschungsnetzbetreiber.- Teil 4 Rechtlicher Rahmen der Datenschutz- und Telekommunikationsvorschriften.- Teil 5 Die Anwendbarkeit der Datenschutz- und Telekommunikationsvorschriften auf Internetdienste des Forschungsnetzbetreibers.- Teil 6 Ausblick,- Teil 7 Ergebnisse und Schlussbetrachtung.- Literaturverzeichnis.

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Book SynopsisEinführung.- Privatheitsregulation im Internet.- Ausgestaltung der Privatheitsregulation durch das geltende Datenschutzrecht.- Ausblick: Mögliche Konsequenzen für rechtliche Lösungsansätze.

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Book SynopsisEinführung.- Einleitung und Problemdarstellung.- Ziel der Untersuchung und Aufbau der Arbeit.- Hintergründe zur personalisierten Online-Werbung.- Grundzüge personalisierter Online-Werbung.- Technische Abläufe.- Die Risiken personalisierter Werbung.- Zusammenfassende Bewertung der Risiken.- Datenschutzrechtliche Zulässigkeit personalisierter Online-Werbung.- Rechtsgrundlagen.- Anwendbarkeit der Datenschutzgrundverordnung.- Auf einer Einwilligung beruhende Verarbeitung.- Auf weiteren Erlaubnistatbeständen der DSGVO beruhende Verarbeitungen.- Die Verarbeitung von Daten besonderer Kategorien, Art. 9 DSGVO.- Profiling, Art. 22 DSGVO.- Weitere datenschutzrechtliche Verstöße.- Fazit: Datenschutzrechtliche Zulässigkeit.- Rechtsdurchsetzung.- Aufsichtsstruktur der DSGVO.- Sanktionsmöglichkeiten bei DSGVO-Verstößen.- Neben die DSGVO tretende Vorschriften.- Defizite der DSGVO: Schwachstellen in der Aufsichts- und Sanktionsstruktur.- Kommissionsentwurf für eine DSGVO-Verfahrensverordnung.- Bewertung.- Grundrechtliche Positionen auf dem digitalen Werbemarkt.- Multipolare Interessen hinsichtlich personalisierter Online-Werbung.- Weitere Gründe für die Regulierungsbedürftigkeit personalisiserter Online-Werbung.- Weitere Regulierungsansätze.- Fazit.- Fazit.- Zusammenfassung.- Thesen.

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Book SynopsisThis volume provides the most comprehensive contemporary academic writing on Ukrainian competition and intellectual property law in English. Especially over the last few years, these areas have been in considerable flux, a main driver being the EU–Ukraine Association Agreement. The chapters cover a broad range of different topics and share a forward-looking perspective. They also outline the basic background that is necessary to understand the context of the issue discussed, especially with regards to the legal system of Ukraine. The publication is the result of a two-year project, and it is addressed to a wide range of international scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. It aims to make the state-of-the-art in Ukrainian legal scholarship visible and accessible to the international research community and to stimulate global debates in academia and politics. Therefore, it may be of interest and use to anyone who is interested in competition and intellectual property law, and/or in Ukraine.Trade Review“This impressive volume covers the entire spectrum of competition and IP regulation in Ukraine. … The book is equally accessible to those interested in the transformation of regulatory approaches and approximation of laws and to readers interested in the external dimensions of EU law. I congratulate the editor of the book, Heiko Richter, and all the authors on such a great and timely contribution to competition law and IP scholarship and support for the future of (Ukrainian) science!” (Liliia Oprysk, IIC - International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, Vol. 54 (7), 2023)Table of ContentsCompetition and Intellectual Property Law in Ukraine: Navigating the Landscape.- Part I: Putting the Legal Framework in Perspective.- The EU–Ukraine Association Agreement as a General Framework of Contemporary EU–Ukraine Relations.- Competition and International Trade: Complementing Trade Defense Policy with Effective Competition Policy in Ukraine.- Legal Support of State Economic Policies of Ukraine in the Context of Investment Development and Protection of Competition.- Part II: Competition Law.- The “Europeanization” of Competition Law in Ukraine.- Vertical Agreements in the Competition Law of Ukraine and the EU: A Closer Look at Resale Price Maintenance.- The “New Normal” in Competition – Filling the Gaps of Ukrainian Competition Law in the Digital Economy Age.- Towards a New Digital Competition Policy of Ukraine: The EU Matrix.- The Intersection Between Intellectual Property and Competition Laws in the Pharmaceutical Sector: A Ukrainian Perspective.- Legal Mechanisms of Protection Against Unfair Competition in Ukraine – Prerequisites, Problems and Trends.- Protecting Intellectual Property Rights from Unfair Competition in Ukraine.- Part III: Policies and Law on Intellectual Property.- Association Agreements and Problems Approximating Intellectual Property Legislation of Third Countries with the EU Acquis: The Case of Ukraine.- Strategic Directions of the Intellectual Property Area Development in Ukraine.- The New Intellectual Property Court in Ukraine: Its Creation and Exclusive Jurisdiction.- Legislative Reforms on Patents, Utility Models and Industrial Designs in Ukraine.- Patent Law and Access to Medicines in Ukraine.- The Patentability of Biotechnological Inventions in the EU: The Ukrainian Context.- The Reformed Design Law in Ukraine: What is Right with EU Trade Agreements?.- Why so Few Geographical Indications in Ukraine? Legal, Political and Socio-Economic Perspective.- Copyright and Its Exceptions and Limitations in Ukraine.- Protection of Works Posted on the Internet Under Ukrainian Copyright Law.- Legal Framework for Output Based on Artificial Intelligence: Ukraine’s Place on the Global Search Path.- On the Reforms, Practice and Perspective of the Law on Collecting Societies in Ukraine.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth overview of what is currently happening in the field of Law and Artificial Intelligence (AI). From deep fakes and disinformation to killer robots, surgical robots, and AI lawmaking, the many and varied contributors to this volume discuss how AI could and should be regulated in the areas of public law, including constitutional law, human rights law, criminal law, and tax law, as well as areas of private law, including liability law, competition law, and consumer law. Aimed at an audience without a background in technology, this book covers how AI changes these areas of law as well as legal practice itself. This scholarship should prove of value to academics in several disciplines (e.g., law, ethics, sociology, politics, and public administration) and those who may find themselves confronted with AI in the course of their work, particularly people working within the legal domain (e.g., lawyers, judges, law enforcement officers, public prosecutors, lawmakers, and policy advisors).Bart Custers is Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.Eduard Fosch-Villaronga is Assistant Professor at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Humanizing Machines: Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 2. Artificial Intelligence versus Biological Intelligence: A Historical Overview.- Chapter 3. Disciplines of AI: An Overview of Approaches and Techniques.- Part II. Public Law.- Chapter 4. Discrimination by Machine-based Decisions: Inputs and Limits of Anti-discrimination Law.- Chapter 5. Women's Rights under AI Regulation - Fighting AI Gender Bias through a Feminist and Intersectional Approach.- Chapter 6. Diversity and Inclusion in Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 7. Artificial Intelligence in Disability Employment: Incorporating a Human Rights Approach.- Chapter 8. Prosecuting Killer Robots: Allocating Criminal Responsibilities for Grave Breaches of International Humanitarian Law Committed by Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems.- Chapter 9. The Risks of Social Media Platforms for Democracy: A Call for a New Regulation.- Chapter 10. Biased Algorithms and the Discrimination upon Immigration Policy.- Chapter 11. AI in Criminal Law: An Overview of AI Applications in Substantive and Procedural Criminal Law.- Chapter 12. Black-box Models as a Tool to Fight VAT Fraud.- Part III. Private Law.- Chapter 13. Bridging the Liability Gaps: Why AI Challenges the Existing Rules on Liability and How to Design Human-empowering Solutions.- Chapter 14. Contractual Liability for the Use of AI under Dutch Law and EU Legislative Proposals.- Chapter 15. Digging into the Accountability Gap: Operator’s Civil Liability in Healthcare AI-systems.- Chapter 16. Automated Care-taking and the Constitutional Rights of the Patient in an Aging Population.- Chapter 17. Generative AI and Intellectual Property Rights.- Chapter 18. The Role and Legal Implications of Autonomy in AI-driven Boardrooms.- Chapter 19. Artificial Intelligence and European Competition Law: Identifying Principles for a Fair Market.- Chapter 20. Personalised Shopping and Algorithmic Pricing: How EU Competition Law Can Protect Consumers in the Digital World.- Part IV. Legal Practice.- Chapter 21. Lawyers’ Perceptions on the Use of AI.- Chapter 22. AI and Lawmaking: An Overview.- Chapter 23. Ask the Data - A Machine Learning Analysis of the Legal Scholarship on Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 24. The Study of Artificial Intelligence as Law.- Chapter 25. The Right to Mental Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Human Enhancement Technologies.- Chapter 26. Regulating Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).- Chapter 27. Influence, Immersion, Intensity, Integration, Interaction: Five Frames for the Future of AI Law and Policy.- Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an in-depth overview of what is currently happening in the field of Law and Artificial Intelligence (AI). From deep fakes and disinformation to killer robots, surgical robots, and AI lawmaking, the many and varied contributors to this volume discuss how AI could and should be regulated in the areas of public law, including constitutional law, human rights law, criminal law, and tax law, as well as areas of private law, including liability law, competition law, and consumer law. Aimed at an audience without a background in technology, this book covers how AI changes these areas of law as well as legal practice itself. This scholarship should prove of value to academics in several disciplines (e.g., law, ethics, sociology, politics, and public administration) and those who may find themselves confronted with AI in the course of their work, particularly people working within the legal domain (e.g., lawyers, judges, law enforcement officers, public prosecutors, lawmakers, and policy advisors).Bart Custers is Professor of Law and Data Science at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.Eduard Fosch-Villaronga is Assistant Professor at eLaw - Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University in the Netherlands.Table of ContentsPart I. Introduction.- Chapter 1. Humanizing Machines: Introduction and Overview.- Chapter 2. Artificial Intelligence versus Biological Intelligence: A Historical Overview.- Chapter 3. Disciplines of AI: An Overview of Approaches and Techniques.- Part II. Public Law.- Chapter 4. Discrimination by Machine-based Decisions: Inputs and Limits of Anti-discrimination Law.- Chapter 5. Women's Rights under AI Regulation - Fighting AI Gender Bias through a Feminist and Intersectional Approach.- Chapter 6. Diversity and Inclusion in Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 7. Artificial Intelligence in Disability Employment: Incorporating a Human Rights Approach.- Chapter 8. Prosecuting Killer Robots: Allocating Criminal Responsibilities for Grave Breaches of International Humanitarian Law Committed by Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems.- Chapter 9. The Risks of Social Media Platforms for Democracy: A Call for a New Regulation.- Chapter 10. Biased Algorithms and the Discrimination upon Immigration Policy.- Chapter 11. AI in Criminal Law: An Overview of AI Applications in Substantive and Procedural Criminal Law.- Chapter 12. Black-box Models as a Tool to Fight VAT Fraud.- Part III. Private Law.- Chapter 13. Bridging the Liability Gaps: Why AI Challenges the Existing Rules on Liability and How to Design Human-empowering Solutions.- Chapter 14. Contractual Liability for the Use of AI under Dutch Law and EU Legislative Proposals.- Chapter 15. Digging into the Accountability Gap: Operator’s Civil Liability in Healthcare AI-systems.- Chapter 16. Automated Care-taking and the Constitutional Rights of the Patient in an Aging Population.- Chapter 17. Generative AI and Intellectual Property Rights.- Chapter 18. The Role and Legal Implications of Autonomy in AI-driven Boardrooms.- Chapter 19. Artificial Intelligence and European Competition Law: Identifying Principles for a Fair Market.- Chapter 20. Personalised Shopping and Algorithmic Pricing: How EU Competition Law Can Protect Consumers in the Digital World.- Part IV. Legal Practice.- Chapter 21. Lawyers’ Perceptions on the Use of AI.- Chapter 22. AI and Lawmaking: An Overview.- Chapter 23. Ask the Data - A Machine Learning Analysis of the Legal Scholarship on Artificial Intelligence.- Chapter 24. The Study of Artificial Intelligence as Law.- Chapter 25. The Right to Mental Integrity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Human Enhancement Technologies.- Chapter 26. Regulating Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).- Chapter 27. Influence, Immersion, Intensity, Integration, Interaction: Five Frames for the Future of AI Law and Policy.- Index.

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Book SynopsisChapter 1 Generative AI and the Future of Contracts, Law and Design.- Chapter 2 No More Legal Writing in Contracts – Time to Break the Magic Spell!.- Chapter 3 Contracting: Is Generative AI Really Making a Difference?.- Chapter 4 AI as a Financial Coach – Promoting Sustainable Financial Management with Generative AI.- Chapter 5 Generative AI, Can You Help Us Bridge the Implementation Gap in Contracting?.- Chapter 6 Generative AI: Can Rule of Law Be Bargained for the Sake of Legal Tech Efficiency?.- Chapter 7 Proactive Privacy Communication Design for Emotional Robots.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- Internal conflicts regarding traditional medical knowledge in china.- Protecting chinas traditional medical knowledge intellectual property as a square peg in a round hole.- Pharmaceutical industry influence traditional medical knowledge and the evolution of ip governance in china.- Establishing an access and benefit sharing mechanism for traditional medical knowledge management a novel approach in china.- Challenges in developing the tmk information systems in china exploring the past illuminating the present and implications for future.- Findings and conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWhen compared to terrorism, drugs and violent crimes that occupy the news today art is not considered as important. But, as it turns out, art and cultural crime is currently ranked as the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world. What exactly is art crime? Why does art matter? And what is law enforcement doing to prevent this crime today? Due to the misleading portrayal of art crime in the entertainment industry people have the flawed belief that art and cultural crime doesn't damage anyone in a direct way. And the truth of the matter is that this crime results in the loss of billions of dollars annually. Art and cultural crime is not simply focused on museums or private displays, the loss of art directly affects our cultural identity and history. Napoleon moved from one region to the next collecting art and sending as much as possible back to France. The Nazis looted cultural property from every territory they occupied. And there have been various cases of ISIL and ISIS destroyiTrade ReviewThough it first brings to mind cinematic heists and Hollywood glamour, art crime is in fact a serious international problem, involving organized crime and even terrorism. Books like this one go a long way to introducing the real facts about this phenomenon, and delve deep into the dark side of the art world. -- Noah Charney, Phd, professor specializing in art crime and founder of ARCA (Association for Research into Crimes against Art)Stealing History: A Deeper Understanding to Art and Cultural Crimes is an excellent read. This book is concise and yet rich with material covering an under-addressed area of criminal justice studies—crimes relating to art and culture. Consequently, the book fills an important void in the literature. The book is well-written and well-sourced and would make an excellent primary or supplemental text in any number of criminology and law enforcement courses. -- Jeff Bumgarner, Department Head and Professor of Criminal Justice and Political Science, North Dakota State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1: Medias Portrayal of Art Crime 2: Why Does Art Matter? 3: What is Art Crime? 4: History of Art, and Art Related Crimes 5: Cultural Differences Between United States and Europe, and How it Affects Art Crime 6: Looting of Art and Archaeological Sites 7: Economic Impact of Art and Art Related Crimes 8: Museums: Our Identity and Culture 9: Police Demands, Scrutiny, Education, And The Future 10: Ways in Which Law Enforcement Can Focus on Art Crimes 11: Security & Policing in Art Crime Throughout the World 12: Growth of Art Crime, and Art Crime Prevention Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis book delivers an original, theoretically informed analysis of the legal regulation of online speech. Rejecting the narrow pluralism of elitist and deliberative accounts of the citizen’s role in political discourse, the book defends a participatory account of speech in non-deliberative settings. The latter account of political pluralism best captures the republican democratic aspiration for popular, on-going authorship of the laws and the centrality of freedom to dissent in democratic theory. The legal and policy implications for governments and social media platforms of this inclusive envisioning of public discourse are then elaborated upon. In the digital world, anyone with access to the internet can be a speaker. Speech on public platforms has become democratised. At the same time, aspects of online speech are plainly problematic. Concerns exist about disinformation, ‘fake news’, ‘deep fakes’, ‘weaponised speech’ and ‘trolls’. Offensive speech and the polarising effects of robustly expressed political opinion are also troublesome. These assorted downsides of democratised speech are said to undermine the integrity of democratic processes and institutions. Public debate is distorted and coarsened and the electorate are misled. How ought the liberal democratic state respond to these challenges? The discussion is intended to be read by academics and researchers with interests in democratic theory, digital communications and freedom of expression. It offers a stimulating and distinctive contribution to debates about online speech.Table of Contents1. Damaging Democracy? ‘Fake News’ and Moral Panics Introduction Issues of Principle – How Open Should the Channels of Political Communication be in a Liberal Democracy? Tensions between Liberalism and Democracy Popular Sovereignty in Liberal Constitutionalist Thinking The Popular Sovereignty Challenge to Liberal Constitutionalism and Two Anxieties Mapping Liberalism’s Ochlophobia – Current Restrictions on Freedom of Political Expression and a Republican Argument for Keeping the Channels of Political Change Open 2. Closing Off the Agon: Legal Norms, Deliberative Democracy and ‘Improved’ European Public Discourse Introduction The Liberal and the Democratic Polity Privileging ‘Responsible’ Media – The Council of Europe’s Narrowed Conception of Political Pluralism Threats to Political Pluralism from Liberal Elitist, Deliberative (Civic Republican), Epistemic Accounts of Democracy Containing Majoritarian Passions – Pettit’s Aristocratic Republic of Reason and Critics Conclusion – Ongoing Ineliminable Conflict: Truly Plural, Participatory Politics 3. Enlightenment Rationality vs Machiavellian Pluralism Introduction Enlightenment Roots of Deliberative Democracy and Some Counter-Enlightenment Objections Public Reason and the Reasonable Citizen in Deliberative Democracy Scholarship Conclusion 4. Populism and Ochlophobia: The Denouncements of Popular Participation in Liberal Democracy Introduction Anti-populist Themes in Mainstream Culture and Politics Populism in Political Theory – A Response to Modern Representative Democracy and Redemptive Possibilities Defending Oligarchical Rule Down the Ages – From Thucydides and Plato via Madison and Tocqueville to the Twentieth-century Critics of Mass Culture Denying Isonomia Today – Ochlophobia in Liberal and Republican Political Theory Countering Ochlophobia – Popular (Arendtian) Participation and the Value of Roman Discord Conclusion 5. Popular Participation and Political Dissent in Post-Revolutionary America: A Case Study of the Democratic Republicans Introduction Federalist and Patrician Republican Accounts of the Political Citizen Arendt, Human Action and the Mediated (Oligarchic) Political Life – The Failure of the US Founders to Preserve the Revolutionary Spirit Jefferson’s Ward-republic: Preserving the Revolutionary Spirit The Counter-Publics of Democratic Republican Clubs Conclusion 6. Official and Corporate Gatekeeping of Online Expression with Special Reference to False Statements on Public Affairs Introduction Protecting False Statements in Political Discourse – Some Principled Arguments The Long Reach of UK Criminal Law into Online Political Discourse and Selected Comparisons Across Western Liberal Democracies State Regulation of Contentious Expression – OFCOM and the Coronavirus Disinformation Unit The State as a Producer of False Statements Conclusion 7. Restoring the Agon: Re-opening the Channels of Political Change Introduction – Swimming against the Liberal Tide Dealing with the Problem of the ‘Ins’ and the Role of Plural Political Expression in Preserving Open and Fractious Republican Liberty Common Carriers Not Editors – Public Forums and Banning Viewpoint Discrimination by Social Media Platforms Final Thoughts: The Threat to Self-government

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Book SynopsisEntertainment and Media Law in Ireland explains the typical issues which arise in the media and entertainment industry in Ireland to better equip the reader with a valuable working knowledge of the fundamentals. It seeks to serve the needs of time-pressed professionals working in this area by providing a helpful quick-reference guide. Entertainment and Media Law in Ireland can be viewed as a series of signposts in the form of best practice principles and is written from a practical and business perspective. It is presented in straightforward, non-specialist, jargon-free language while simultaneously citing legislation, EU law and common law for the benefit of its legal and more experienced audience. The chapters are kept as concise as practicable. With 30 chapters divided into four parts, this book covers a wide range of issues including: Media; General Entertainment; Film, Television and Radio Show Production; and Music Production and Performances. This book also discusses sample contract clauses and provides extracts from relevant agreements, where appropriate. Entertainment and Media Law in Ireland is the first book of its kind in Ireland collating a wealth of information sources to address the myriad of crucial business and legal considerations confronting creative practitioners and lawyers alike, from the `why' and `how' to obtain filming permits, to the hazards of court reporting and defamation for journalists and bloggers, to ensuring all production paperwork is in order to allow full, commercial exploitation of a music composition or film. It draws on the author's substantial legal experience as well as his deep appreciation and in-depth understanding of music, television, film and radio production. The book emerged from a prompt discovery of the dearth of authoritative sources available covering the subject issues and his yearning to provide a one-stop resource to redress this glaring deficiency.Table of ContentsPart I: Media The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland Commission for Communications Regulation Defamation, Product Disparagement, Satire and Blasphemy Court Reporting and Contempt of Court Broadcasting Regulation And Product Placement Setting Up a Production Company or Media Business Part II: General Entertainment Artist Exemptions From Taxation Occasional Licences (Sale Of Intoxicating Liquor) For Marquees Licensing Of Clubs, Festivals And Public Events; Planning Regulations Regulation Of Lotteries, Gambling and Betting Permits for Busking and Street Performances Premium Rate Services Bars and Nightclubs: Defending Personal Injuries Actions Part III: Film, Television And Radio Show Productions Funding, Section 481 Film Relief And The Irish Film Board Chain of Title Copyrights and Related Rights Use of Trade Marks and Trade Mark Infringement Safety, Health and Welfare At Work Insurance For Media Businesses Filming Permits Releases and Consents Employment of Children and Young Persons Music Clearances, Film Scoring and Pre-Cleared Production Music Contracts For Writers, Cast and Crew Performers: Remuneration and Residuals Distribution Agreements Part IV: Music Production And Performances Copyright and Music Publishing Royalties and Performance Rights/Collecting Societies Licensing Music For Film, Television, Radio and Commercials Filming and Licensing of Music Videos

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Book SynopsisEntertainment and Media Law in Ireland is the first textbook of its kind in Ireland collating a wealth of domestic and international legal sources which impact the sector. It addresses the myriad practical considerations when developing, producing and commercially exploiting content. Creative practitioners and business/legal advisors alike are equipped with a series of signposts in the form of best practice procedures as summarised from a hands-on, practical perspective. The work is presented in straightforward language for market entrants while simultaneously citing legislation, EU/international law and case law precedent from Ireland and a number of other common law jurisdictions for the benefit of its more industry-experienced audience. With 36 chapters divided into six parts, this body of work covers an extensive range of topics from business set-up and risk mitigation to effecting policies of production and professional indemnity insurance. It explores copyright, performer rights and moral rights, funding and distribution of films and television output, legal clearances, data protection and privacy, life rights, trademarks, music law and the regulation of audiovisual content, together with the legal and ethical issues affecting present-day journalism and broadcasting.Table of ContentsContent Includes Part I : Business Management, Regulation and Risk Mitigation • Business Set-up, Private Companies and Taxation/Self-Assessment • Media, Event and Film Production Insurance • Safety, Health and Welfare at Work • Defamation, Parody & Satire and Norwich Pharmacal Orders • Defamation of a Body Corporate and Product/Brand Disparagement Part II: Audiovisual, Stage and Radio Productions • Film Distribution • Private Funding of Film • Section 481 • Screen Ireland Funding • (Pt 1) Chain of Title, Copyright and Moral Rights; (Pt 2) Copyright and Related Rights: Performer Rights • New Rights for Content Authors and Performers: Directive on Copyright and Related Rights in the Digital Single Market • Trademarks, Trademark Infringement and Passing Off • GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 • Filming Permits and Drone Operation • Employment of Children and Young Persons • Animal Actors and Circus Animals • Crew Agreements, Production Releases and Music Clearance • Life Rights; Right of Publicity; Commercials, Image Rights & False Endorsement; Passing Off • Stage Productions • Radio Documentaries • Royalties and Residuals for Actors, Writers, Directors and Producers Part III: Music Production and Performances • Joint Authorship, Band Partnership Agreements and Recording Contract/Artist Management Litigation • Music Publishing, Master Recordings, Royalties, Collection Societies & Music Streaming • Music Copyright Infringement Litigation • Music Insurance; Shooting Music Videos Part IV: General Entertainment • Occasional Licences for Marquees; Licensing of Concerts, Festivals, Public Events; Theatre Licences • Fire Safety, Occupiers’ Liability, Event Security and Licensing Indoor Events • Permits for Busking and Street Performances • Regulation of Gambling and Lotteries; Premium Rate Services; Commission for Communications Regulation Part V : Digital Safety, Broadcasting Regulation and Audiovisual Media Services • Harmful Content Regulation; Establishment of the Media Commission and the EU Digital Services Act Package • The Media Commission: Compliance, Enforcement, Codes & Standards • Audiovisual Media Services Directive; Directive on Certain Online Transmissions and Retransmissions of Television and Radio Programmes Part VI : Journalism Law, Regulation and Ethics • Court Reporting and Contempt of Court • Gagging Orders and Super-Injunctions; Covert Investigative Filming and Prior Restraint Applications • Privacy, Breach of Confidence and Parental Consent • The Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman; Protection of Journalistic Sources

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Book SynopsisFor approaching two decades, family courts have been accused of making life changing decisions about children and who they live with made in secret, away from the scrutiny of the public gaze. Recognising the force of these accusations, senior family courts judges have, over that time, implemented a raft of rule changes, pilot projects and judicial guidance aimed at making the family justice more accountable and transparent. But has any progress been made? Are there still suspicions that family judges make irrevocable, unaccountable decisions in private hearings? And if so, are those suspicions justified and what can be done to dispel them? In this important and timely new book, Clifford Bellamy, a recently retired family judge who has been at the sharp end of family justice during all these changes, attempts to answer those questions and more. He has spoken to leading journalists, judges and academic researchers to find out what the obstacles to open reporting are – be they legal, economic or cultural - and interweaves their insights with informed analysis on how the laws regulating family court reporting operate. Along the way he provides a comprehensive review of the raft of initiatives he has seen come and go, summarises the position now and uses this experience to suggest how this fundamental aspect of our justice system could adapt in the face of this criticism. Every professional working in the family justice system – lawyers, social workers, court staff and judges - as well as those who job it is to report on legal affairs, should read this informative, nuanced exposition of what open justice means and why it matters so much to those whose lives are upended by the family justice system.

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Book SynopsisIntroduction.- 3D Bioprinting Innovation: Past, Present and Future.- 3D Bioprinted Tissues and Bioinks: Falling In or Out of the Scope of Subject Matter Requirements of Australian Patent Law.- Are 3D Bioprinted Tissues and Bioinks Patentable Subject Matter in the US?.- Patentable Subject Matter Assessment of 3D Bioprinted Tissues and Bioinks: European Perspective.- Evaluation of Patent Prosecution Data of Patent Applications Claiming 3D Bioprinted Tissues and Bioinks.- Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisArt on trial: exploring the Supreme Court's rulings on free expressionTrade Review"Bezanson writes in an accessible styles that engages even the uninformed reader and uses case studies to present a wide range of core issues and topics involving art and free speech. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Bezanson's dialectic is a mind feast."--AEJMC Hot Topics"Enormously stimulating and useful, this work reaches beyond legal theory to explore the role of art as a human product, its production, consumption, and meaning. Art and Freedom of Speech represents a brilliant mind at work--in a lovely, intellectually playful tone--on a very important human and political issue."--Linda R. Hirshman, author of Get to Work: . . . And Get a Life, Before It's Too Late"A comprehensive, in-depth examination of First Amendment principles as they pertain to the arts. Bezanson's detailed and lively analyses of Supreme Court arguments help clarify the conceptual bases of each case."--Joan DelFattore, author of The Fourth R: Conflicts Over Religion in America's Public SchoolsTable of ContentsIntroduction 1PART 1. ART AND THE AESTHETIC Story 1. Performance Art 7National Endowment for the Arts . Finley Story 2. The Artistic Turn? 50Barnes v. Glen Theatre Inc.PART 2. "WHAT MATTER WHO'S SPEAKING?" Story 3. Sources of Expression 83Boy Scouts of America v. Dale Story 4. Speaking Out of Thin Air 109Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Group of BostonPART 3. TRANSFORMATION Story 5. Politics and Community 155Jenkins v. Georgia Story 6. Genre: Rap and Rock 184Campbell [2 Live Crew] v. Acuff-Rose Story 7. Dangerous Art 214Virginia v. Black PART 4. GOOD ART Story 8. Art and Craft 261J. S. G. Boggs v. Bowron Judging Art and Its Quality: Reflections on Art and Free Speech 277 Notes 297 Index 309

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Book SynopsisSports figures cope with a level of celebrity once reserved for the stars of stage and screen. In Game Faces , Sarah K. Fields looks at the legal ramifications of the cases brought by six of them--golfer Tiger Woods, quarterback Joe Montana, college football coach Wally Butts, baseball pitchers Warren Spahn and Don Newcombe, and hockey enforcer Tony Twist--when faced with what they considered attacks on their privacy and image. Placing each case in its historical and legal context, Fields examines how sports figures in the U.S. have used the law to regain control of their image. As she shows, decisions in the cases significantly affected the evolution of laws related to privacy, defamation, and publicity--areas pertinent to the lives of the famous sports figure and the non-famous consumer alike. She also tells the stories of why the plaintiffs sought relief in the courts, uncovering motives that delved into the heart of issues separating individual rights from the public''s perceiTrade Review“Recommended."--Choice "Sarah Fields' work on the history of sports and law dispels all doubt about the legitimacy of sports law as a field of study. Game Faces presents a convincing argument that cases about sports have made unique and important contributions to the law of privacy and free speech."--Erin Buzuvis, Western New England University"Sarah Fields combines her talents as a historian and a lawyer to guide us to and through the intersection of sport, celebrity, and the law. The precision and depth of this study is a gift to all interested in the rights of privacy and the control of one's public image."--Richard C. Crepeau, author of NFL Football: A History of America's New National Pastime"Game Faces is unique, effective, and impressive. I learned a great deal from it and appreciate how Fields addresses some complicated legal and ethical issues. Although most of us are not celebrities, many people in many disciplines will profit from considering the tension between the media and the freedom they are provided by the First Amendment and the personal autonomy of famous people to control (and profit from) their names, images, and likenesses. In part because we live in a celebrity obsessed culture, many readers should find Game Faces enlightening."--Daniel A. Nathan, author of Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal"Game Faces marks an important contribution to the field that is sure to shape and generate further discussion of the links between sport, law, identity, and power."--Journal of Sport History"This is an excellent book that clearly exhibits the painstaking research that went into this thought-provoking subject."--International Journal of Sport Communication

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Book SynopsisSports figures cope with a level of celebrity once reserved for the stars of stage and screen. In Game Faces , Sarah K. Fields looks at the legal ramifications of the cases brought by six of them--golfer Tiger Woods, quarterback Joe Montana, college football coach Wally Butts, baseball pitchers Warren Spahn and Don Newcombe, and hockey enforcer Tony Twist--when faced with what they considered attacks on their privacy and image. Placing each case in its historical and legal context, Fields examines how sports figures in the U.S. have used the law to regain control of their image. As she shows, decisions in the cases significantly affected the evolution of laws related to privacy, defamation, and publicity--areas pertinent to the lives of the famous sports figure and the non-famous consumer alike. She also tells the stories of why the plaintiffs sought relief in the courts, uncovering motives that delved into the heart of issues separating individual rights from the public''s perceiTrade Review“Recommended."--Choice "Sarah Fields' work on the history of sports and law dispels all doubt about the legitimacy of sports law as a field of study. Game Faces presents a convincing argument that cases about sports have made unique and important contributions to the law of privacy and free speech."--Erin Buzuvis, Western New England University"Sarah Fields combines her talents as a historian and a lawyer to guide us to and through the intersection of sport, celebrity, and the law. The precision and depth of this study is a gift to all interested in the rights of privacy and the control of one's public image."--Richard C. Crepeau, author of NFL Football: A History of America's New National Pastime"Game Faces is unique, effective, and impressive. I learned a great deal from it and appreciate how Fields addresses some complicated legal and ethical issues. Although most of us are not celebrities, many people in many disciplines will profit from considering the tension between the media and the freedom they are provided by the First Amendment and the personal autonomy of famous people to control (and profit from) their names, images, and likenesses. In part because we live in a celebrity obsessed culture, many readers should find Game Faces enlightening."--Daniel A. Nathan, author of Saying It's So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal"Game Faces marks an important contribution to the field that is sure to shape and generate further discussion of the links between sport, law, identity, and power."--Journal of Sport History"This is an excellent book that clearly exhibits the painstaking research that went into this thought-provoking subject."--International Journal of Sport Communication

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Book SynopsisWhat they won't teach you in film school:This expertly written reference guide breaks down copyrightlaws for screenwriters. Inspired by Strunk & White'sThe Elements of Style,this elegant, short reference is the perfect guide for screenwriters and creative artists looking to succeed as industry professionals.Readers will quickly understand the laws that govern creativity, idea-making, and selling, and learn how to protect themselves and their worksfrom the legal quagmires they may encounter.Written by an unrivaled pair of experts, John L. Geiger and Howard Suber, who use real-life case studies to cover topics such as clearance, contracts, collaboration, and infringement,Creativity and Copyrightis poised to become an indispensable resource for beginners and experts alike.Trade Review"A screenwriter seeking a basic understanding of the most important legal issues that pertain to the field will likely find Creativity and Copyright useful and readable." * Publishing Research Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Disclaimer Introduction 1. Free for the Taking: What You Can Steal from Others, and What Others Can Steal from You 2. Clearance Required: What You Do Need Permission to Use 3. Collaboration 4. Selling to Others and Implied-in-Fact Contracts 5. Copyright Infringement 6. Your Legal Team 7. Confessions of an Expert Witness: Free for the Telling Epilogue: Creativity and Copyright Appendix A. Copyright Fundamentals Appendix B. Collaboration Problems Notes Index

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Book SynopsisWhat they won't teach you in film school:This expertly written reference guide breaks down copyrightlaws for screenwriters. Inspired by Strunk & White'sThe Elements of Style,this elegant, short reference is the perfect guide for screenwriters and creative artists looking to succeed as industry professionals.Readers will quickly understand the laws that govern creativity, idea-making, and selling, and learn how to protect themselves and their worksfrom the legal quagmires they may encounter.Written by an unrivaled pair of experts, John L. Geiger and Howard Suber, who use real-life case studies to cover topics such as clearance, contracts, collaboration, and infringement,Creativity and Copyrightis poised to become an indispensable resource for beginners and experts alike.Trade Review"A screenwriter seeking a basic understanding of the most important legal issues that pertain to the field will likely find Creativity and Copyright useful and readable." * Publishing Research Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Disclaimer Introduction 1. Free for the Taking: What You Can Steal from Others, and What Others Can Steal from You 2. Clearance Required: What You Do Need Permission to Use 3. Collaboration 4. Selling to Others and Implied-in-Fact Contracts 5. Copyright Infringement 6. Your Legal Team 7. Confessions of an Expert Witness: Free for the Telling Epilogue: Creativity and Copyright Appendix A. Copyright Fundamentals Appendix B. Collaboration Problems Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA history of U.S. public health emergencies and how we can turn the tide. Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remains a dominant issue in American life. U.S. health care is often hailed as the best in the world, yet the public health emergencies of today often echo the public health emergencies of yesterday: consider the Great Influenza Pandemic of 191819 and COVID-19, the displacement of the Dust Bowl and the havoc of Hurricane Maria, the Reagan administration's antipathy toward the AIDS epidemic and the lack of accountability during the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Spanning the period from the presidency of Woodrow Wilson to that of Donald Trump, American Health Crisis illuminates howdespite the elevation of health care as a human right throughout the worldvulnerable communities in the United States continue to be victimized by structural inequalities across disparate geographies, income levels, and ethnic groups. Martin Halliwell views contemporary public health crises through the lens of historical and cultural revisionings, suturing individual events together into a narrative of calamity that has brought us to our current crisis in health politics. American Health Crisisconsiders the future of public health in the United States and, presenting a reinvigorated concept of health citizenship, argues that now is the moment to act for lasting change.Trade Review"An ambitious work. . . .a book on public health can and should only be written in a way that is as inclusive, reflective, accessible in language, and structured as Halliwell’s. It is an important read for any practitioner of public health." * Amerikastudien/American Studies: A Quarterly *"Noteworthy." * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1918: Woodrow Wilson, Crisis, and the Arc of Public Health Part 1: Geographies of Vulnerability: Environmental Health Crises 1. Disaster: Mississippi Flood, Buffalo Creek, Hurricane Katrina 2. Poverty: Dust Bowl, Urban Ghetto, Indian Reservation 3. Pollution: Nuclear Fallout, Water Contamination, Climate Change Part 2: States of Vulnerability: Crises of Prevention and Treatment 4. Virus: Influenza, Polio, HIV/AIDS 5. Care: Postwar Hospitals, Community Action, Vet Centers 6. Drugs: Methadone, Diazepam, Fentanyl Conclusion 2018: Obama, Trump, and the Future of Health Citizenship Coda 2020 Acknowledgments Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisFrom athletes to victims of revenge porn, people have been transformed into intellectual property. Who controls one's identity? Jennifer Rothman uses the right of publicity a little-known law to answer this question. By tracing the right's origins to privacy laws in the 1800s, she finds a way to reclaim privacy for a public world.Trade ReviewA fascinating read for anyone who is interested in the nuts and bolts of right of publicity law and how the doctrine evolved to where it is today. It also will serve as a valu­able resource for litigators looking for guidance on how to reconcile the seemingly contradictory precedent in a way that is understandable…This book will quickly become one of the most cited sources by litigants and courts grappling with right of publicity issues. -- Stephanie S. Abrutyn * Communications Lawyer *An unquestionably important book. Masterfully researched and deftly crafted, it is probably the best single source for gaining a deep understanding of the doctrine’s history, context, and politics… Deserves a place among the must-reads of American right of publicity law. -- Eric E. Johnson * IP Law Book Review *A formidable book that maps out the contours of the publicity right in an appealing and timely way. -- Eleanor Wilson * Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice *Rothman’s important book is an excellent contribution to the field, one that will hopefully provoke courts and legislatures to rethink their headlong expansion of the right of publicity. It should be required reading for anyone dealing with the right of publicity. -- Mark Lemley * Michigan Law Review *Rothman provides a complete legal and cultural history of the right of publicity, tracing its development from the late 1800s to its modern-day expansion as a transferable right of property. Fascinating details of the individuals behind the cases, including celebrities and private citizens, inform how the law’s current contours have been shaped…Indispensable. -- Rachel Bridgewater * Library Journal *This is the definitive biography of the right of publicity, whose boundaries have exploded in recent years. Jennifer Rothman tells the story with zest, explaining how we should restructure this right in our fame-obsessed age. -- Jack M. Balkin, Yale Law SchoolThe book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the nuts and bolts of right of publicity law and how the doctrine evolved to where it is today. Rothman concisely connects the dots among seemingly irreconcilable court decisions while debunking myths about the early case-law. -- Stephanie Abrutyn, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel, Litigation at HBORothman makes a crucial argument that goes to the heart of the current legal doctrine. -- Jessica Litman, author of Digital CopyrightJennifer Rothman has written an important, informative study of the right of publicity as it has developed in the United States and its connections to a robust privacy right. By reexamining the past, she has elaborated principles that will be useful in defining both publicity and privacy rights for the digital age. -- Rebecca Tushnet, Harvard Law School

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Book SynopsisRoberto Rossellini's ""Il Miracolo"" is deceptively simple: a demented peasant woman is seduced by a stranger she believes to be Saint Joseph, is socially ostracized for becoming pregnant out of wedlock, but is finally redeemed through motherhood. This book explores the unique place that the movies occupy in American culture.

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Book SynopsisComparing law to the American practice of common courtesy, this book explains how our courts not only survive under conditions of suspected hypocrisy, but actually depend on these conditions to function.Trade Review"In using courtesy to account for the current state of our legal system, Bybee offers a fresh take on debates over judicial legitimacy and legal realism. Rejecting the contention that the public is simply confused, he presents an original answer to the puzzle of the public's paradoxical perceptions of the judiciary. The pull of his explanation and the unconventional but commonsense appeal of his account are engaging and provocative." -- Helena Silverstein * Law and Social Inquiry *"All Judges Are Political—Except When They Are Not successfully points out the conflicting roles that judges fill and demonstrates that these roles do not intrinsically compromise legal legitimacy. In the course of achieving this goal, Bybee uses substantive sources and unique comparisons to present intriguing ideas and theories. I recommend the book for anyone with an interest in the subject matter who does not mind a distinctly scholarly approach. The book would make a great addition to collegiate and law school libraries." -- Jeff McGowan * Law Library Journal *"Bybee offers a truly fresh and important response to one of the most important questions in the cultural study of law: how can law sustain its legitimacy in the face of the understanding that it is essentially political? Arguing that law's hypocrisy actually strengthens it, Bybee makes a connection to courtesy that is really quite ingenious and illuminating. This is a wonderful new vehicle for understanding how courts work." -- Austin Sarat * Amherst College *"Judicial authority is not in grave danger, at least in the terms that some alarmists imagine. In conversation with mainstream approaches to judicial practice, this remarkably original work contends that law's deceits sustain order and moderate conflict, all the while sustaining hierarchy. A major accomplishment." -- Michael W. McCann * University of Washington *"Between costly partisan judicial elections and a Supreme Court that appears frozen in an ideological 5-4 split, there has never been a more apt time to answer conclusively the question of whether judges are apolitical oracles or ideological politicians. Bybee's answer—they are both—sounds at first like a discomfiting one. But in this fascinating book he shows that the courts' very survival in fact rests on the white lie of this fundamental tension." -- Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor * Slate.com *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"What do celebrity baby bumps, boobs, and booties have to do with the law? In this compelling and creative new book, Renée Cramer suggests that contemporary culture's fascination with these subjects reveals much about the complex web of social and legal regulations that shape our understanding of pregnancy, the body and femininity." -- Susan Burgess * Ohio University *"When people hear I study celebrity, they often ask, 'What's going on with the obsession with celebrity pregnancy and baby bumps?' Finally, I have somewhere to direct them. Pregnant with the Stars takes a nuanced and engaging look at celebrity pregnancy, connecting the baby bump craze to larger issues governing women's bodies and what we expect and demand from them." -- Anne Helen Petersen * Features Writer at BuzzFeed and author of Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema *"Pregnant with the Stars is as entertaining as it is illuminating. Cramer has a rare gift for drawing our attention to everyday forms of power that occur at the intersection of popular culture, politics and the law and converge in our gaze on women's bodies." -- Claire Rasmussen * University of Delaware *"Americans have voraciously consumed images of gorgeous, famous pregnant bodies—from Demi to Kiera—while ordinary women have officially lost rights, dignity, and safety as fertile persons. Renée Cramer cracks open interpretations of this development, inviting us to consider the consequences of celebrating those beyond our reach, while millions of real women are threatened with ignobility and ignominy." -- Rickie Solinger * author of Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know *"Cramer's examination of celebrity pregnancy reminds us that robust analysis can also be wildly fun. Pregnant with the Stars reveals how the pop culture portrayal of pregnant women's bodies undermines equality and deeply-held social values. Readers of all kinds will enjoy the book and want to talk about it—online, at work, in the classroom, and beyond." -- Chrysanthi Leon * University of Delaware *"Cramer sees our obsession with pregnant celebrities as a distraction from birth-control politics....She urges women not to let what is an individual experience be influenced by celebrity-pregnancy hype." -- Crystal Erickson * Bitch Magazine *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Obsession with the Celebrity Bump chapter abstractThis chapter explains why it is important to understand contemporary interest in the celebrity baby bump, and situates that interest within the law and society literature. The chapter argues that by compelling us to "watch" and to "want," media coverage of the pregnant celebrity body becomes an interpretive lens through which to view the twin pillars of the state in late neoliberalism: an expansion of technologies of governance through proxies that enable state- and self-regulation, and totalizing commodification via global capitalism. The chapter explains the feminist, sociolegal, and interpretive approach taken in the research and provides a narrative of the author's interaction with the topic. 1Law, Popular Culture, and Pregnancy in America chapter abstractUsing the famous Demi Moore cover for Vanity Fair as a frame of reference, this chapter traces the changing ways that law and popular culture have treated pregnancy, from the 1970s to the contemporary period. It examines jurisprudence relating to pregnancy and pregnancy discrimination, as well as abortion and birth control, to argue that women have achieved a measure of equality under the law – while being constructed as more responsible for the outcomes of their pregnancy than ever before. The chapter simultaneously examines televised and filmic representations of pregnancy in the popular culture – from I Love Lucy to Murphy Brown to Friends to demonstrate an increasing comfort with pregnant women in the public eye. 2Celebrity Bumps, Boobs, and Booties chapter abstractThis chapter examines media coverage of celebrity pregnancies to analyze the normative and idealized views of femininity in evidence in them. It argues that the media offers a limited range of possibilities for pregnant women: they can be "good girls," "bad girls (and those redeemed by motherhood," "hot, sexy mamas," and "yummy mummies." In all of these possibilities it is clear that dominant norms of race, class, and femininity are driving the media representations of these stars. 3Wanting the Bump chapter abstractThis chapter examines the commodification of pregnancy, and all things pregnancy related, through media coverage of celebrity pregnancies. It argues that when women are told to want the pregnant celebrity body, they are confronted by the objectification of that body and multiple modes of commodification: of pregnancy, of the child itself – or at least its image, and of the "rockin' beach-worthy post-baby body." And, even as women are confounded by our inability to attain what they are told is perfection, they are provided strategies and products that promise rescue, for a cost. 4Surveilling the Stars chapter abstractThis chapter argues that when women watch the pregnant celebrity, they are encouraged, to surveil, to gossip, and to judge. Ultimately, they are enlisted in the regulation of the bodies of all pregnant women, even as women are called on to accept and internalize their own regulation. The medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth necessitates high levels of surveillance during gestation and birth, and facilitates an intimate, but mediated, relationship between the woman and the fetus. The chapter argues that as women judge and regulate the bodies of pregnant celebrities, they are simultaneously accepting and internalizing the very same regulations of themselves. 5Governing the Body through the Bump chapter abstractThis chapter investigates the various moments and places where governance occurs of pregnant women. It shows that the state, through legislation and jurisprudence, plays an active role in constraining women's choices about and during pregnancy, and looks at very recent bills and laws that limit women's power. It also argues that the state engages proxies: corporations, media, and average people on the street – to govern pregnant women in the most mundane and daily ways imaginable. 6Rebel Renderings and a Micro-politics of Inscrutability chapter abstractThis chapter examines spaces of hope – coverage of celebrity pregnancies that deviate from the norm. It argues that coverage of the pregnancies and pregnant performances of M.I.A., Pink, and Christina Aguilera highlight "bold bumps" that envision motherhood in rebellious ways. The chapter also includes a discussion of surrogacy, lesbian-headed households, and single mothers, and argues that they disrupt patriarchal assumptions of mothering and pregnancy. The chapter closes with a look at the pregnancy of Mila Kunis, about whom the press was unable to write a coherent narrative, and whose performances of pregnancy remained inscrutable. Drawing on work by James Scott and Boaventura de souse Santos, the chapter argues that emancipation and liberation are achieved through small, inscrutable daily practices of living under the radar of the watching state and its proxies.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"What do celebrity baby bumps, boobs, and booties have to do with the law? In this compelling and creative new book, Renée Cramer suggests that contemporary culture's fascination with these subjects reveals much about the complex web of social and legal regulations that shape our understanding of pregnancy, the body and femininity." -- Susan Burgess * Ohio University *"When people hear I study celebrity, they often ask, 'What's going on with the obsession with celebrity pregnancy and baby bumps?' Finally, I have somewhere to direct them. Pregnant with the Stars takes a nuanced and engaging look at celebrity pregnancy, connecting the baby bump craze to larger issues governing women's bodies and what we expect and demand from them." -- Anne Helen Petersen * Features Writer at BuzzFeed and author of Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema *"Pregnant with the Stars is as entertaining as it is illuminating. Cramer has a rare gift for drawing our attention to everyday forms of power that occur at the intersection of popular culture, politics and the law and converge in our gaze on women's bodies." -- Claire Rasmussen * University of Delaware *"Americans have voraciously consumed images of gorgeous, famous pregnant bodies—from Demi to Kiera—while ordinary women have officially lost rights, dignity, and safety as fertile persons. Renée Cramer cracks open interpretations of this development, inviting us to consider the consequences of celebrating those beyond our reach, while millions of real women are threatened with ignobility and ignominy." -- Rickie Solinger * author of Reproductive Politics: What Everyone Needs to Know *"Cramer's examination of celebrity pregnancy reminds us that robust analysis can also be wildly fun. Pregnant with the Stars reveals how the pop culture portrayal of pregnant women's bodies undermines equality and deeply-held social values. Readers of all kinds will enjoy the book and want to talk about it—online, at work, in the classroom, and beyond." -- Chrysanthi Leon * University of Delaware *"Cramer sees our obsession with pregnant celebrities as a distraction from birth-control politics....She urges women not to let what is an individual experience be influenced by celebrity-pregnancy hype." -- Crystal Erickson * Bitch Magazine *Table of ContentsContents and AbstractsIntroduction: Obsession with the Celebrity Bump chapter abstractThis chapter explains why it is important to understand contemporary interest in the celebrity baby bump, and situates that interest within the law and society literature. The chapter argues that by compelling us to "watch" and to "want," media coverage of the pregnant celebrity body becomes an interpretive lens through which to view the twin pillars of the state in late neoliberalism: an expansion of technologies of governance through proxies that enable state- and self-regulation, and totalizing commodification via global capitalism. The chapter explains the feminist, sociolegal, and interpretive approach taken in the research and provides a narrative of the author's interaction with the topic. 1Law, Popular Culture, and Pregnancy in America chapter abstractUsing the famous Demi Moore cover for Vanity Fair as a frame of reference, this chapter traces the changing ways that law and popular culture have treated pregnancy, from the 1970s to the contemporary period. It examines jurisprudence relating to pregnancy and pregnancy discrimination, as well as abortion and birth control, to argue that women have achieved a measure of equality under the law – while being constructed as more responsible for the outcomes of their pregnancy than ever before. The chapter simultaneously examines televised and filmic representations of pregnancy in the popular culture – from I Love Lucy to Murphy Brown to Friends to demonstrate an increasing comfort with pregnant women in the public eye. 2Celebrity Bumps, Boobs, and Booties chapter abstractThis chapter examines media coverage of celebrity pregnancies to analyze the normative and idealized views of femininity in evidence in them. It argues that the media offers a limited range of possibilities for pregnant women: they can be "good girls," "bad girls (and those redeemed by motherhood," "hot, sexy mamas," and "yummy mummies." In all of these possibilities it is clear that dominant norms of race, class, and femininity are driving the media representations of these stars. 3Wanting the Bump chapter abstractThis chapter examines the commodification of pregnancy, and all things pregnancy related, through media coverage of celebrity pregnancies. It argues that when women are told to want the pregnant celebrity body, they are confronted by the objectification of that body and multiple modes of commodification: of pregnancy, of the child itself – or at least its image, and of the "rockin' beach-worthy post-baby body." And, even as women are confounded by our inability to attain what they are told is perfection, they are provided strategies and products that promise rescue, for a cost. 4Surveilling the Stars chapter abstractThis chapter argues that when women watch the pregnant celebrity, they are encouraged, to surveil, to gossip, and to judge. Ultimately, they are enlisted in the regulation of the bodies of all pregnant women, even as women are called on to accept and internalize their own regulation. The medicalization of pregnancy and childbirth necessitates high levels of surveillance during gestation and birth, and facilitates an intimate, but mediated, relationship between the woman and the fetus. The chapter argues that as women judge and regulate the bodies of pregnant celebrities, they are simultaneously accepting and internalizing the very same regulations of themselves. 5Governing the Body through the Bump chapter abstractThis chapter investigates the various moments and places where governance occurs of pregnant women. It shows that the state, through legislation and jurisprudence, plays an active role in constraining women's choices about and during pregnancy, and looks at very recent bills and laws that limit women's power. It also argues that the state engages proxies: corporations, media, and average people on the street – to govern pregnant women in the most mundane and daily ways imaginable. 6Rebel Renderings and a Micro-politics of Inscrutability chapter abstractThis chapter examines spaces of hope – coverage of celebrity pregnancies that deviate from the norm. It argues that coverage of the pregnancies and pregnant performances of M.I.A., Pink, and Christina Aguilera highlight "bold bumps" that envision motherhood in rebellious ways. The chapter also includes a discussion of surrogacy, lesbian-headed households, and single mothers, and argues that they disrupt patriarchal assumptions of mothering and pregnancy. The chapter closes with a look at the pregnancy of Mila Kunis, about whom the press was unable to write a coherent narrative, and whose performances of pregnancy remained inscrutable. Drawing on work by James Scott and Boaventura de souse Santos, the chapter argues that emancipation and liberation are achieved through small, inscrutable daily practices of living under the radar of the watching state and its proxies.

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