Resource Materials

Federal Communications Commission

The following FCC publications are available through the FCC's Mass Media Bureau website (www.fcc.gov/mb) or the FCC's Enforcement Bureau website (www.fcc.gov/eb), or by sending a request to the FCC, Enforcement Bureau, 445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554:

The Public and Broadcasting Manual
Applicability of Sponsorship Identification Rules
Information Seekers Guide (listing of all materials available to the public from the FCC)
The FCC and Broadcasting
Mass Media Services
Call-In or "Open-Mike" Programs
Complaints About Broadcast Journalism
The FCC and Freedom of Speech
FCC Enforcement of Prohibition on Obscene and Indecent Broadcasts
Commission Policy Concerning the Noncommercial Nature of Educational Broadcasting Stations

Copyright Office

The U.S. Copyright Office makes available a variety of circulars containing information about copyright. To obtain a listing of these publications, call the Copyright Office "Forms Hotline" at 202.707.9100 and request "Circular R-2" by leaving a recorded message, or write to the Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington, DC 20559. You may also call the Copyright Information Office at 202.707.3000 for more information about its publications, or visit its website: www.loc.gov/copyrigh.

National Association of Broadcasters

The NAB, 1771 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, makes available for a small fee a series of books and pamphlets, including:

Synopsis of Libel Law and the Right of Privacy, by Bruce Sanford Lotteries and Contests: A Broadcaster's Handbook (3rd edition)