This book covers the law of public communications in a manner suitable for use by proplr involved in the public communications business. Thus it explains the law in terms that can generally be understood by writers, broadcasters, advertisers, cable operators, public relations workers, photographers, etc. It is not the book that a lawyer would need as he preparts to go before the Supreme Court.

This new 2007 edition covers a wealth of things that have happened since the last edition. Among them are the ever increasing restrictions on broadcasting that the congress and justice department has attempted to implement such as the Communications Decenct Act which was held unconstitutional. And big changes have come into practice because of the growth of the internet with its worldwide reach. Basically the Supreme Court found that the Internet should have the same level of First Amendment protection as other media.

The majority of law in the United States is developed as a result of court cases. As such, this book presents hundreds of cases, but does so in a manner that is understandable to we non-lawyer types. Furthermore, the cases are arranged to be supplementary to the general discussion of the aspects of the law to which the cases apply.

This is 'the book' for anyone interested in the law as it regards to public communications.