Hot News Misappropriation in the Internet Age

INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 313 I. THE CONTEXT AND LAW OF INS ........................................... 317 A. AHN and the Declining Newspaper Industry .................... 319 B. Theflyonthewall and New Challenges to the Hot News Doctrine .............................................................................. 321 II. MISAPPROPRIATION AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO STATUTORY IP LAW ................................................................ 324 A. Disadvantages of the Misappropriation Doctrine .............. 329 III. WHAT IS AT STAKE .................................................................. 335 IV. TOWARD A NEW UNDERSTANDING OF INDUSTRY NORMS ...................................................................................... 339 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................... 342