Category: FCC

I expected that Copyrights and Campaigns Blog would have a post about a Fox News lawasuit involving use of news footage in a campaign ad and I wasn’t disappointed.

Politico notes the legal battles behind efforts to take down ads and keep them on the air. In the letter, DCCC general counsel Brian Svoboda argues that the Federal Communications Commission has long told stations that they do not have the power to reject candidate advertisements even if they contain what the FCC calls “libelous […]

Womble Carlyle’s Gregg Skall discusses broadcaster liability for political ads here.  Expect lawyers for candidates and groups and broadcasters to be exchanging strongly-worded letters until election day on these issues.