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Protecting Blogging: The Need For An Actual Disruption Standard In Pickering, Lindsay A. Hitz Jun 2010

Protecting Blogging: The Need For An Actual Disruption Standard In Pickering, Lindsay A. Hitz

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Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer Jun 2010

Copyright And The First Amendment: Comrades, Combatants, Or Uneasy Allies?, Joseph P. Bauer

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The copyright regime and the First Amendment seek to promote the same goals. Both seek the creation and dissemination of more, better, and more diverse literary, pictorial, musical and other works. But, they use significantly different means to achieve those goals. The copyright Laws afford to the creator of a work the exclusive right to reproduce, distribute, transform, and perform that work for an extended period of time. The First Amendment, on the other hand, proclaims that Congress "shall make no Law... abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, " thus at least nominally indicating that limitations on …


The First Amendment In Litigation: The "Law Of The First Amendment", Robert A. Sedler Mar 1991

The First Amendment In Litigation: The "Law Of The First Amendment", Robert A. Sedler

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