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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

Washington and Lee Law Review

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 …


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

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Sexual Offender Registration And Notification Act: No More Than "Statutory ‘Lip Service’ To Interstate Commerce", Lindsey B. Fetzer Mar 2010

The Sexual Offender Registration And Notification Act: No More Than "Statutory ‘Lip Service’ To Interstate Commerce", Lindsey B. Fetzer

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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The Story Of Us: Resolving The Face-Off Between Autobiographical Speech And Information Privacy, Sonja R. West Mar 2010

The Story Of Us: Resolving The Face-Off Between Autobiographical Speech And Information Privacy, Sonja R. West

Washington and Lee Law Review

Increasingly more "ordinary"A mericans are choosing to share their life experiences with a public audience. In doing so, however, they are revealing more than their own personal stories; they are exposing private information about others as well. The faceoff between autobiographical speech and information privacy is coming to a head, and our legal system is not prepared to handle it. In a prior article, I established that autobiographicals peech is a unique and important category of speech that is at risk of being undervalued under current Law. This Article builds on my earlier work by addressing the emerging conflict between …