Tom Crone's classic text has been thoroughly revised by an impressive team of legal experts. It provides an essential source of reference for the key legal issues encountered by those who work in the media such as journalists, editors and producers, as well as media lawyers. Topics covered include: Protection of Reputation Copyright and Rights Clearance New Media Breach of Confidence and Privacy The Data Protection Act 1998 Reporting Restrictions, Contempt of Court and Protection of Journalistic Sources The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Official Secrets Professional Regulatory Bodies and Advertising The Human Rights Act 1998 The Law in Scotland and the United States of America Comprehensive supplementary reference material is also provided, including a glossary of legal terms, addresses, telephone numbers and web sites of professional bodies, and specimen agreements including interview agreements and moral rights waivers. With contributions from: Terence Bergin, Marietta Cauchi, Jane Colston, Mark Cranwell, Charles de Fleurieu, Simon Dowson-Collins, David Green, Peter Grundberg, Rebecca Handler, Joanna Ludlam, Rosalind McInnes, Hugh Tomlinson and John Wadham.

A flash of energy ripples at light speed across a mile of southwestern desert. It alerts watchers who have waited for it over half a century, and the race is on to possess the secret to the most powerful force ever created. Vernon Washburn is a retired assassin, now seeking a return to normal life, but success with his lifetime dream is suddenly being torn from his hands, his life is threatened, and the bad guys are making a world dominating move that he alone can stop. Now, two years into living his dream, he is forced back into action. His task; obtain four artifacts he and his Special Forces HALO team brought home from Bosnia. It's a simple enough mission, but the team members are murdered before he can obtain their items. Even while Washburn hunts the artifacts, he is being hunted by two men; an arch enemy who wants the artifacts and an Interpol detective. The action begins in a Bosnian forest, travels in time and place to Midwestern Minneapolis, and finally to the European Alps. To succeed and stay alive, Washburn must resort to the assassin mentality and combine it with the talents of a magician, or die trying. Sleight of hand and sleight of mind intertwine in an action thriller that blurs the lines between magic and science, good and evil, reality and illusion.

Tom Crone's classic text has been thoroughly revised by an impressive team of legal experts. It provides an essential source of reference for the key legal issues encountered by those who work in the media such as journalists, editors and producers, as well as media lawyers.
Topics covered include:
Protection of Reputation
Copyright and Rights Clearance
New Media
Breach of Confidence and Privacy
The Data Protection Act 1998
Reporting Restrictions, Contempt of Court and Protection of Journalistic Sources
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 and Official Secrets
Professional Regulatory Bodies and Advertising
The Human Rights Act 1998
The Law in Scotland and the United States of America
Comprehensive supplementary reference material is also provided, including a glossary of legal terms, addresses, telephone numbers and web sites of professional bodies, and specimen agreements including interview agreements and moral rights waivers.

With contributions from: Terence Bergin, Marietta Cauchi, Jane Colston, Mark Cranwell, Charles de Fleurieu, Simon Dowson-Collins, David Green, Peter Grundberg, Rebecca Handler, Joanna Ludlam, Rosalind McInnes, Hugh Tomlinson and John Wadham.
* A 'must-have' reference source for everyone in the media industry
* Features contributions from experts in media law
* Includes legal issues surrounding 'new media'