Description
Bloomsbury India Media Law (First Edition) by Rodney D Ryder
In the era where media has become as vital as our other daily needs and is playing a significant role in shaping one’s opinion, it becomes essential to have an understanding of media laws to comprehend the regulations relating to the entertainment industry. The book strives to discuss in detail various concepts relating to the media law- media regulation, press freedom, content regulation, advertising etc. The book also analyses the ambit of media law from the perspective of USA, UK and India.
Key features
• Detailed study of media regulation, evolution of broadcasting as well as press freedom in India, USA and UK
• Discusses in detail India’s media accountability system
• Analyses the aspects of content regulation, e-regulation and related offences
• Conceptual guide on legal aspects and legal issues involved in advertising
• Case studies on hate speech
About the author
Rodney D. Ryder,Partner, Scriboard Advocates and Legal Consultans
Chief Mentor - Enhelion Knowledge Ventures Pvt Ltd
Rodney D. Ryder is a Partner with Scriboard, a full service commercial law firm with cutting edge specialisation in technology, new media and intellectual property laws. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000. He has been nominated as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who’sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other international publications.
His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names (Satyam Infoway Ltd. v. Sifynet Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; (2004) 6 SCC 145). He is also an advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India (NiXI) and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.