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Very Quickly Skim what's in these links (click the following...yes they are OLD but they will get your brain clicking in the areas we want to stimulate): FCC , NOLA , Defamation (for that last one click "download paper" and you should get a full pdf). Don't pour all over them or agonize on each word, just collect as much as the meaning, setting, subject as you are able. And then parse this: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/04/gawker-begins-appeal-of-140m-hulkhogan-sex-tape-verdict/ Required responses (be brief and try to discuss with classmates--this is easy actually because I'm asking about effects on how you process this content)

1. Have you heard of the subject matter in each? Do you understand it or is it utterly confusing, like a foreign language?

2. What about this story: upskirt. Does it implicate "mass media law?" If you say no, how about if you are the defendant's friend and republished his pics (let's say he texted them to you) on your Tumblr blog for "free speech" purposes? Or if you have 5K followers on Twitter and you tweet the pics? What if you "curated" and "aggregated" the story for Huffington Post and someone wants you to get the pics for a full follow up feature, you ask the US Attorney Office for the pics (let's say the defendant was actually arraigned and the pics were shown in open court during the pretrail hearing, spectators around) and they say no?

3. What's your take on the state of media "law" in the rest of the world after reading this (click preceeding) ?

4. You will be an expert by the time we get to this, but can you follow or understand some of the concepts or terminology I'm using when I was talking about Ferguson, Mo. Mike Brown and Media (click that link for video)?

5. Likewise, was I right about how Aereo would turn out, or wrong? Were some SCOTUS justices just trying to find a way to protect corporate media giants at the expense of "innovation" and cloud services, or were they merely applying the strict letter of copyright law? Pre-decision Aereo

6.With regard to the Bollea (Hulk Hogan) jury verdict--right now as a neophyte rookie in Week 1--briefly, what should Gawker hit back hard on as a Constitutional standard in their appeal? Note they probably lost due the "creep factor" when their CEO took the witness stand. But
indeed what does that say about the "dice-roll" of juries versus judge-made decisions and judicial opinions (that being our primary source material, not jury verdicts)?