UCF Law & Ethics Communication, 2018

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The FTC has approved some changes to the use of testimonials in ads. Here's a summary of some of the changes: "Updated guidelines on ad endorsements and testimonials under final review by the Federal Trade Commission—and widely expected to be adopted—would end marketers' ability to talk up the extreme benefits of products while carrying disclaimers like "results not typical" or "individual results may vary." Here is a link to a press release from the FTC about the changes. Here is more about the Pizza Hut v Papa John's lawsuit. Here is more about the CAN-SPAM Act. It contains important information on advertising through emails.

Here is a link to the Copyright PPT.

Who holds the copyright in a monkey selfie situation?

Here is a link to the Chapter 9 PPT . Try answering questions before clicking on the next slide with the answer.

State Laws While the U.S. federal law only requires one-party consent, many states have accepted different laws. In some states all parties must give their consent or at least be notified that the call is about to be recorded (with necessary opt-out option: if you don’t like them to record the call, you can ask them to stop recording). There also was a case law decision from many years ago (the 1950's) that went to the Supreme Court and affirmed that the federal law does not supersede state authority/statutes unless the call or the tap crosses state lines – that is why each state went ahead and established their own guideline/statute. States Requiring One Party Notification Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Colorado District Of Columbia Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Oklahoma Oregon Ohio Rhode Island

Here is a link to some FBI Records. Here's a link to the FCC's FOIA page. Notice how easy it is to request a record. Here's information about Florida's Sunshine Laws. Many records are now available online. For example, here is a link to check on Florida food inspection records. This is an example. Here is a link to finding sex offenders. Media organizations routinely conduct FOIA audits. Here's an example of one conducted in Florida. Here's an example of a general FOIA request letter. Here is a FOIA letter generator. Here is some more FOIA information. Here are some contacts for Federal Agencies and FOIA. Here is the link to the FBI's FOIA contact. Another good overall Federal FOIA resource is here .

Hello all. If you have never worked as a journalist, I recommend you try the Be a Reporter Game. Here is a link to the free game. (You do have to register but it is free.) You are on your honor to complete the activity - you do not have to provide documentation that you did it.