Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law

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Current Issue

  1. Vol. 10, No. 2, 2024-2025

    Contents

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    Cover (PDF)

    First Pages (PDF) 

    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael M. Epstein (PDF)

    Articles

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         		Fatullayev as a Model of Post-Soviet Media Control in the Shadow of Armed Conflicts (PDF)
    ANDRREI RICHTER
    20

         		The Consequences of Inaction: An Inquiry into International Criminal Liability of Social Media Companies for Artsakh 2020 (PDF)
    RAJIKA L. SHAH
    60Weaponization of Social Media: The Cause of the Conflict Between Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh (PDF)
    ROBERT AVETISYAN
    93Social Media, Propaganda, and the Ukrainian Conflict (PDF)
    RUSSEL L. WEAVER
    116Media Coverage and State Propaganda in Armed Conflicts: An International Law Perspective at the Armenian-Azerbaijan “Propaganda War” (PDF)
    INES GILLICH

     

Recent Issues

  1. Vol. 10, No. 1, 2023-2024

    Contents

    Full Issue (PDF)

    Cover (PDF)

    First Pages (PDF) 

    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael M. Epstein (PDF)

    Dedication: To Professor Michael D. Scott
    Michael M. Epstein (PDF)

    Articles

    1


         		Censorship as a Tool Against State Disinformation: The Freedom of Expression Implications of the Russian-Ukrainian War (PDF)
    ANDRAS KOLTAY
    54

         		International Legal Responses to “Propaganda For War” in the Modern Warfare (PDF)
    ANDREI RICHTER
    81An Explanatory Comparative Study on Misinformation and Disinformation In Visegrad Countries and Beyond (PDF)
    ANDREJ ŠKOLKAY

     

  2. Vol. 9, No. 2, 2020-2021

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    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Back Cover (PDF)

    Articles

    171


         		Antitrust Confronts Big Data: U.S. and European Perspectives (PDF)
    WARREN GRIMES
    189

         		The Audience Problem in Online Speech Crimes (PDF)
    JANNY H. C. LEUNG
    235Fixing FOIA: How Third-Party Intervention Thwarts Transparency (PDF)
    AMY KRISTIN SANDERS & WILLIAM D. KOSINSKI
    273Fake News and the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF)
    RUSSELL L. WEAVER

     

  3. Vol. 9, No. 1, 2020-2021

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    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Back Cover (PDF)

    Articles

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         		RICO as a Case-Study in Weaponizing Defamation and the International Response to Corporate Censorship (PDF)
    CHARLIE HOLT AND DANIEL SIMONS
    33

         		The Defamation of Foreign State Leaders in Times of Globalized Media and Growing Nationalism (PDF)
    ALEXANDER HEINZE
    69Defamation Law in Russia in the Context of the Council of Europe (COE) Standards on Modern Freedom (PDF)
    ELENA SHERSTOBOEVA
    109Rethinking Non-Pecuniary Remedies For Defamation: The Case for Court-Ordered Apologies (PDF)
    WANNES VANDENBUSSCHE

     

  4. Vol. 8, No. 2, 2019-2020

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    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Back Cover (PDF)

    Articles

    129


     

    Credibility-Enhancing Regulatory Models to Counter Fake News: Risks of a Non-Harmonized Intermediary Liability Paradigm Shift (PDF)
    TERESA RODRÍGUEZ DE LAS HERAS BALLELL

     

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    Criminal Defamation: Still “An Instrument of Destruction” In the Age of Fake News (PDF)
    JANE E. KIRTLEY & CASEY CARMODY

     

    205

    Stemming the Tide of Fake News: A Global Case Study of Decisions to Regulate (PDF)
    AMY KRISTIN SANDERS, RACHEL L. JONES, AND XIRAN LIU

     

    233

    Legal Responsibility for Fake News (PDF)
    TOMMASO TANI

     

  5. Vol. 8, No. 1, 2018-2019

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    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Back Cover (PDF)

    Articles

    1


         		Fake News and Freedom of the Media (PDF)
    ANDREI RICHTER
    35



         		A Federal Shield Law That Works: Protecting Sources, Fighting Fake News, and Confronting Modern Challenges to Effective Journalism (PDF)
    ANTHONY L. FARGO
    71

    Combating Russian Disinformation in Ukraine: Case Studies in a Market for Loyalties (PDF)
    MONROE E. PRICE & ADAM P. BARRY

     

    99

    Defamation as a "Weapon" in Europe and in Serbia: Legal and Self-Regulatory Frameworks (PDF)
    JELENA SURCULIJA MILOJEVIC

     

  6. Vol. 7, No. 2, 2017-2018

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    First Pages (PDF) 

    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Back Cover (PDF)

    Essays

    129


         		Challenges to Freedom of Information in the Digital Age (PDF)
    DAVID KAYE
     
    137


         		The Swedish Freedom of Print Act of 1776 - Background and Significance (PDF)
    JONAS NORDIN


    Articles

    147


         		Migration of Civilian and National Security Access to Information Norms (PDF)
    ÁDÁM FÖLDES
    179



         		Access to Government Information in South Korea: The Rise of Transparency as an Open Society Principle (PDF)
    KYU HO YOUM, INHO LEE & DR. AHRAN PARK
    203Circumventing Transparency: Extra-Legal Exemptions from Freedom of Information and Judicial Review in China (PDF)
    DR. CLEMENT YONGXI CHEN
  7. Vol. 7, No. 1, 2016-2017

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    Cover (PDF)

    First Pages (PDF) 

    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Back Cover (PDF)

    Articles

    1


         		From Sweden to the Global Stage: FOI as European Human Right (PDF)
    DAVID GOLDBERG
     
    31


         		Why the French FOIA "Failed" (PDF)
    TOM MCLLEAN
    65


         		Sunlight Where It's Needed: The Case for Freedom of Media Information (PDF)
    ROY PELED
    101



         		Legislating Usability: Freedom of Information Laws That Help Users Identify What They Want (PDF)
    MARK WEILER
  8. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2016-2017

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    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Articles

    101


         		The Lawyer's Role in Promoting the Use of Fair Use (PDF)
    JOHN M. GARON
     
    123



         		Censoring the Silk Screen: China's Precarious Balance Between State Regulation and a Global Film Market (PDF)
    JEREMY GELTZER
     
    169


         		Intellectual Property From Outside the Box: The Curious Case of Internet From Space (PDF)
    AMIR H. KHOURY
    187



         		The Internet Service Provider Secondary Liability: A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian and United States Legislation and Case Law (PDF)
    RAPHAELA MACIEL LADEIA
  9. Vol. 6, No. 1, 2015-2016

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         		First Pages (PDF) 

    Masthead (PDF) 

    Table of Contents (PDF) 

    Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Articles

    1


         		Konate V. Burkina Faso: An Analysis of a Landmark Ruling on Criminal Defamation in Africa (PDF)
    MATT J. DUFFY
    21




         		Is There Anybody Out There? Analyzing the Regulation of Children's Privacy Online in the United States of America and the European Union According to the TBGI Analytical Framework by Eberlein et al. (PDF)
    NACHSHON GOLTZ
    43


         		U.S., Eh? Contrasting the Feasibility of a La Carte Television in Canada and the United States (PDF)
    DANIEL J. SPITZ
    73



         		Big Tobacco Blows Smoke on Public Health Initiatives: Using Trademark Law to Prevent International Changes to Cigarette Packaging (PDF)
    CAILE MORRIS
  10. Vol. 5, No. 2, 2014-2015

    Contents

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         		Editor's Note
    Michael Epstein (PDF)

    Articles

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         		The Distribution of Pay Television in the United States: Let an Unshackled Marketplace Decide (PDF)
    WARREN S. GRIMES
    49


         		Freedom of Expression-Based Restrictions on the Prosecution of Journalists Under State Secrets Laws: A Comparative Analysis (PDF)
    KATHARINE LARSEN AND JULIA C. ATCHERLEY
    111

         		Exhaustion and Software Resale Rights in Light of Recent EU Case Law (PDF)
    LAZAROS G. GRIGORIADIS, PH.D.
    129



         		A Fistful of Dynamite: How Independent Film's Cowboy Culture Creates Unstable Sales Agency Agreements (PDF)
    GRACE CLEMENTS
  1. Current Members

    Supervising Editor
    Michael Epstein, Southwestern Law School

    Board of Editors

    • Peter Bartlett
      Minter Ellison Lawyers
    • Eric S. Brown, Franklin
      Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C.
    • Chunghwan Choi
      Lee & Ko
    • J. Alexandra Darraby
      Attorney at Law
    • Silvia Faerman
      Southwestern Law School
    • Jeff Gewirtz
      NETS Basketball/Brooklyn
      Sports & Entertainment
    • Kevin Goering
      Norwick, Schad & Goering
    • David Goldberg
      University of Glasgow
    • Robert Lutz
      Southwestern Law School
    • Michael Scott
      Southwestern Law School
      Nathan Siegel
      Levine, Sullivan, Koch & Schultz
    • Mark Stephens
      HowardKennedyFsi
    • John Tehranian
      Southwestern Law School
    • Cydney A. Tune
      Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
    • Kurt Wimmer
      Covington & Burling, LLP
    • Kyu Ho Youm
      University of Oregon

    Student Editors

    Supervising Student Editor
    Emily Rehm

    • Harmony Anderson
    • Lacey Chrabaszcz
    • Chiara Genovese
    • Josh Glocer
    • S. Elliot Hakakzadeh
    • Shelby Luchesi-Gallaher
    • Jessica Lusk
    • Inez Morales
    • Jaclyn Ponish
    • Ashley Ramos
    • Nadia Sokolova
    • Jason Souza
    • Christina Steele
    • Aldwin Tanala
    • Charlie Wang
    • Alexa Whiteside
    • Nikta Yazdi

The Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law is a semi-annual publication of the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute of Southwestern Law School in association with the American Bar Association Forums on Communications Law and the Entertainment and Sports Industries.

The Journal provides a forum for exploring the complex and unsettled legal principles that apply to the production and distribution of media and entertainment in an international, comparative, and local context. The legal issues surrounding the creation and dissemination of news and entertainment products on a worldwide basis necessarily implicate the laws, customs, and practices of multiple jurisdictions. The Journal examines the impact of the Internet and other technologies, the often-conflicting laws affecting media and entertainment issues, and the legal ramifications of widely divergent cultural views of privacy, defamation, intellectual property, and government regulation.

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in the articles published in the Journal of International Media & Entertainment Law are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Donald E. Biederman Entertainment and Media Law Institute, Southwestern Law School, the American Bar Association, the Forum on Communications Law, or the Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries.

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