FEC to Consider AI in Political Ads at Their September 19 Meeting – A New Compromise Proposal is Advanced

By |2024-09-13T11:01:18-05:00September 13th, 2024|Legal News|

After postponing consideration of a proposal (which we wrote about here) from the Republican Commissioners at the Federal Election Commission to reject calls for a rulemaking to look at whether to require that there be labeling of political ads generated by artificial intelligence that falsely depicts a candidate, the AI item is back on the... Continue Reading…

The Past Two Weeks in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 26, 2024 to September 6, 2024

By |2024-09-07T22:08:08-05:00September 7th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from the past two weeks, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we highlighted the regulatory dates of importance to broadcasters in September.  We also looked... Continue Reading…

Window for Lowest Unit Rates for Candidate Advertising for the November Election Opens Today, September 6 – Are You Ready? 

By |2024-09-06T11:18:04-05:00September 6th, 2024|Legal News|

The lowest unit rate window for the November 5 general election opens today, September 6.  With that date in mind, we thought that it was a good idea to review the basic FCC rules and policies affecting those charges. In this election, with the Presidency and control in both houses of Congress at stake as... Continue Reading…

Using Artificial Intelligence in Developing Broadcast Programming – Watch for Legal Issues

By |2024-09-05T11:55:28-05:00September 5th, 2024|Legal News|

It seems like virtually every panel at every broadcast and media convention, at some point, ends up involving a discussion of Artificial Intelligence. Sessions on AI are filled to capacity, and sessions unrelated to the topic seem to have to mention AI to appear relevant.  Whenever there is a topic that so thoroughly takes over... Continue Reading…

Using Artificial Intelligence in Developing Broadcast Programming – Watch for Legal Issues

By |2024-09-05T11:55:28-05:00September 5th, 2024|Legal News|

It seems like virtually every panel at every broadcast and media convention, at some point, ends up involving a discussion of Artificial Intelligence. Sessions on AI are filled to capacity, and sessions unrelated to the topic seem to have to mention AI to appear relevant.  Whenever there is a topic that so thoroughly takes over... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 19, 2024 to August 23, 2024

By |2024-08-25T08:18:06-05:00August 25th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. The annual Podcast Movement Convention took place this week in the DC area, so we highlighted on our Broadcast Law... Continue Reading…

This Week in Regulation for Broadcasters:  August 12, 2024 to August 16, 2024

By |2024-08-18T08:56:08-05:00August 18th, 2024|Legal News|

Here are some of the regulatory developments of significance to broadcasters from this past week, with links to where you can go to find more information as to how these actions may affect your operations. On our Broadcast Law Blog, we discussed the obligation of EAS Participants, including broadcasters, to file their EAS Test Reporting... Continue Reading…

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