The New Information Industry
Subtitle: Regulatory Challenges and the First Amendment
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: November 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780815749448
Subjects: Media, information & communication industries; United States; Law and legislation; Broadcasting; Information Science (General); Politics / Current Events; Telecommunications; Sociology; Telecommunication; Communications; Information Technology; Information services; Information services industry
Description: Traces the development of the regulatory regimes and their evolution in light of competitive changes. Analyzes how the manifold structure of regulation has often failed to respond to recent developments and in many respects has outlived its usefulness. Describes how developments in this new industry raise far-reaching First Amendment issues. Outlines how First Amendment protections can and should be extended while preserving to regulators certain powers to redress failures of competition.