PART TWO
Relevant Rights and Laws
Part Two includes an overview of the laws that are relevant to rights clearance issues. Before launching into Part Two, I want to highlight an element that will come up repeatedly in the discussion of media-related laws. It is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution which reads as follows:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
It is the freedom of speech and of the press that have the greatest impact on media and entertainment productions. There is a constant balancing ...
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