Right to Publish Lawfully Obtained But Illegally Intercepted Material of Public Concern : Bartnicki v. Vopper.

Summarizes 2001 Supreme Court decision in Bartnicki v. Vopper, finding that Federal and State laws prohibiting the publication of lawfully obtained but illegally intercepted oral, wire, or electronic communications cannot be applied to the disclosure of lawfully obtained but illegally intercepted ma...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2001.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Summarizes 2001 Supreme Court decision in Bartnicki v. Vopper, finding that Federal and State laws prohibiting the publication of lawfully obtained but illegally intercepted oral, wire, or electronic communications cannot be applied to the disclosure of lawfully obtained but illegally intercepted material of public importance.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed July 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
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