Table of Contents

Foreword ( Matthew Winkler ). Acknowledgments. Preface: Understanding Media Law in the Global Context. About the Editor. About the Contributors. Introduction: How to Use This Book. PART ONE: AMERICAS. 1 Brazil ( Laura Fragomeni and Paula Mena Barreto, Barbosa, Mussnich & Aragao; Eduardo de Moraes, Evaristo de Moraes ). 2 Canada ( Brian MacLeod Rogers ). 3 United States ( Thomas H. Golden and Stephen B. Vogel, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ). PART TWO: ASIA AND AUSTRALIA. 4 Australia ( Peter Bartlett, Minter Ellison ). 5 China ( Vincent Wang and Edward J. Davis with Monica Pa, Davis, Wright Tremaine LLP ). 6 Hong Kong ( Edward J. Davis, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP with Doreen Weisenhaus and Rick Glofcheski, University of Hong Kong ). 7 India ( Janmejay Rai, Phillip Ninan, and Jayne Kuriakose, Kochhar & Co. ). 8 Japan ( Yoshio Iteya, Tomoya Fujimoto, and Akira Marumo, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto ). 9 Korea ( D. S. Choi, Christina Lee, and J. H. Kim, Kim & Chang ). 10 Malaysia ( H. R. Dipendra, Tengku Hishamudin Ram Dipendra ). 11 The Middle East ( Charles J. Glasser Jr., Bloomberg News with Ava Macalpin, Princeton University ). 12 Singapore ( Tay Peng Cheng, Wong Partnership LLP ). 13 Thailand ( Sinfah Tunsarawuth, Attorney at Law ). PART THREE: EUROPE. 14 Belgium ( Steven De Schrijver, Van Bael & Bellis ). 15 England and Wales ( Mark Stephens, Finer Stephens Innocent ). 16 France ( Dominique Mondoloni, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ). 17 Germany ( Jan Hegemann and Slade R. Metcalf, Hogan & Hartson LLP ). 18 Italy ( Iacopo Destry and Marco Consonni, Dewey LeBoeuf LLP ). 19 Netherlands ( Jens P. van den Brink, Kennedy Van der Laan ). 20 Poland ( Charles J. Glasser Jr., Bloomberg News ). 21 Russian Federation ( Nellie Alexandrova, Anna Otkina, Ekaterina Petrova, and Anton Pushin, Denton Wilde Sapte ). 22 Spain ( Almudena Arpon de Mendivil, Gomez-Acebo & Pombo ). 23 Switzerland ( Rolf Auf der Maur, VISCHER ). APPENDIXES. I. Special Issues for Book Publishers ( Slade R. Metcalf, Hogan & Hartson LLP ). II. Shooting Stars: Privacy Claims in the UK ( Amber Melville-Brown, David Price Solicitors & Advocates ). III. Cross-Reference Chart ( Charles J. Glasser Jr., Bloomberg News ). IV. Recommended Reading. Index.

About the Author

Charles J. Glasser Jr. is global media counsel to Bloomberg News. Before joining Bloomberg, he represented a wide range of broadcasters, magazines, and newspaper publishers. He has litigated many of the issues covered in this book.

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