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Vol. 13, No. 05 (September 22, 1997)
Vol. 47, No.7, February 10, 1997, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 47, No.7, February 10, 1997, University Of Michigan Law School
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parks Controversy •Enter the Bizarro World of Larry Sager •Mr. Ford Goes to Washington •Take the RG Career Survey •On Location in Florida •B&B Highlight Summer Starter Bliss
Legal Fictions: Copyright, Fan Fiction, And A New Common Law, Rebecca Tushnet
Legal Fictions: Copyright, Fan Fiction, And A New Common Law, Rebecca Tushnet
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
A girl owns a number of Barbie dolls. She makes outfits for them and constructs elaborate scenarios in which they play starring roles. She enacts her dramas in her front yard, where passers-by can easily see. Does she violate the law? What if the girl writes down her stories starring Barbie? What happens when she lets her friends read them? What if she e-mails those stories to a Barbie mailing list? What if she posts those stories and a picture of Barbie in her new outfit on her Web page?
Copyright law has long been a concern more for corporations …
Freedom Of Expression And Choice Of Language, Leslie Green
Freedom Of Expression And Choice Of Language, Leslie Green
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This paper argues that sound principles of freedom of expression protect an individual's choice of which language to speak. They do so, not to guarantee against mistranslation, but rather to ensure that speakers are able to reach their intended audiences and, more importantly, to allow for the expressive value of speaking a particular language as a symbol of ethnic or political identification. The example of Quebec's Charter of the French Language and the resulting litigation is considered in some detail.
Classifying Race, Racializing Class, Fran Ansley
Classifying Race, Racializing Class, Fran Ansley
Scholarly Works
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The Net Profits Puzzle, Victor P. Goldberg
The Net Profits Puzzle, Victor P. Goldberg
Faculty Scholarship
The use of "net profits" clauses in the movie business poses a problem. The standard perception is that Hollywood accounting results in successful films showing no net profits. If that is indeed so, then why have they survived for over four decades? This Essay argues that a successful movie will fail to yield net profits only if a "gross participant" (a major star whose compensation is in part a function of the film's gross receipts) becomes associated with the film. Since the net profits participants typically are associated with a project first, the question becomes: Why would they be willing …