Post-Soviet Media Law & Policy Newsletter
Issue 23 Benjamin
N. Cardozo School of Law November 27, 1995
Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute
The Moscow Media Law and Policy Institute intends to
start operations approximately February 1. Its offices will, initially,
be housed at the Faculty of Journalism, MGU. Andrei Richter, the
associate editor of this Newsletter and the editor of the Russian edition,
will be the initial director.
The Media Law and Policy Institute will conduct a seminar
again this summer for law and journalism faculty in the former Soviet Union
interested in teaching media law. This year, under the direction
of Peter Krug, University of Oklahoma, a draft casebook on the subject
will be prepared.
The MLPI will also begin work in the area of "commercial
media law," encompassing intellectual property, entertainment law, and
contract law involving the licensing of programs for radio and television.
Under a USAID grant, administered by Internews and the
Center for War, Peace and the News Media at New York University, the MLPI
will use the above methods, together with conferences, publications and
the expansion of the Newsletters, to help foster a freer and more independent
press through improved administration of the rule of law in the media field.