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The Esquire Case: A Lost Free Speech Landmark, Samantha Barbas Dec 2018

The Esquire Case: A Lost Free Speech Landmark, Samantha Barbas

Journal Articles

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Fake News: No One Is Liable, And That Is A Problem, Emma M. Savino Dec 2017

Fake News: No One Is Liable, And That Is A Problem, Emma M. Savino

Buffalo Law Review

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Foreword: Advertising And The Law, Mark Bartholomew Jul 2010

Foreword: Advertising And The Law, Mark Bartholomew

Buffalo Law Review

This foreword to a special issue of the Buffalo Law Review provides an overview of seven articles addressing the intersection of advertising and law. The special issue stems from a November 2009 conference held at the University at Buffalo Law School. The foreword examines the particular difficulties in characterizing the relationship between advertisers, consumers, and the law. Advertisers promulgate certain symbolic meanings designed to induce consumption. Sometimes these meanings are contested through legal means yet consumers can only participate in advertising's regulatory apparatus indirectly. This results in a dynamic between advertiser and consumer that is difficult to define yet ubiquitous …


Stealth Marketing And Antibranding: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Sonia K. Katyal Jul 2010

Stealth Marketing And Antibranding: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name, Sonia K. Katyal

Buffalo Law Review

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Brandjacking On Social Networks: Trademark Infringement By Impersonation Of Markholders, Lisa P. Ramsey Jul 2010

Brandjacking On Social Networks: Trademark Infringement By Impersonation Of Markholders, Lisa P. Ramsey

Buffalo Law Review

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Advertising And Social Identity, Mark Bartholomew Jul 2010

Advertising And Social Identity, Mark Bartholomew

Buffalo Law Review

This essay takes a stand in the brewing legal academic debate over the consequences of advertising. On one side are the semiotic democratists, scholars who bemoan the ability of advertisers to take control of the meanings that they create through trademark law and other pro-business legal rules. On the other side are those who are more sanguine about the ability of consumers to rework advertising messages and point to several safety valves for free expression existing in the current advertising regulation regime. My take on this debate is that the participants have failed to address the impact of advertising on …


Consumer Counter-Advertising Law And Corporate Social Responsibility, Alberto R. Salazar V. Jul 2010

Consumer Counter-Advertising Law And Corporate Social Responsibility, Alberto R. Salazar V.

Buffalo Law Review

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Attention Must Be Paid: Commercial Speech, User-Generated Ads, And The Challenge Of Regulation, Rebecca Tushnet Jul 2010

Attention Must Be Paid: Commercial Speech, User-Generated Ads, And The Challenge Of Regulation, Rebecca Tushnet

Buffalo Law Review

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Of Rainbows And Rivers: Lessons For Telecommunications Spectrum Policy From Transitions In Property Rights And Commons In Water Law, Dale B. Thompson May 2006

Of Rainbows And Rivers: Lessons For Telecommunications Spectrum Policy From Transitions In Property Rights And Commons In Water Law, Dale B. Thompson

Buffalo Law Review

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Setting Standards For High Definition Television: Federal Policy Must Promote More Than Just A Better Picture, George Snyder Jr. Apr 1992

Setting Standards For High Definition Television: Federal Policy Must Promote More Than Just A Better Picture, George Snyder Jr.

Buffalo Law Review

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Broadcasting And The Administrative Process In Japan And The United States, Jonathan Weinberg Oct 1991

Broadcasting And The Administrative Process In Japan And The United States, Jonathan Weinberg

Buffalo Law Review

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Defamation, Public Officialdom And The Rosenblatt V. Baer Criteria—A Proposal For Revivification: Two Decades After New York Times Co. V. Sullivan, David Elder Oct 1984

Defamation, Public Officialdom And The Rosenblatt V. Baer Criteria—A Proposal For Revivification: Two Decades After New York Times Co. V. Sullivan, David Elder

Buffalo Law Review

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The Challenge Of Computer-Crime Legislation: How Should New York Respond?, Amalia M. Wagner Oct 1984

The Challenge Of Computer-Crime Legislation: How Should New York Respond?, Amalia M. Wagner

Buffalo Law Review

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Fair Use Old And New: The Betamax Case And Its Forebears, M. B. W. Sinclair Apr 1984

Fair Use Old And New: The Betamax Case And Its Forebears, M. B. W. Sinclair

Buffalo Law Review

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Use Of American Broadcast Signals By Canadian Cable Networks: The Cancom Decision, David W. Tarbet Oct 1983

Use Of American Broadcast Signals By Canadian Cable Networks: The Cancom Decision, David W. Tarbet

Buffalo Law Review

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When Is A Performance Not A Performance?—Twentieth Century Music Corp. V. Aiken And Its Catv Precedents, Charlotte D. Roederer Jan 1976

When Is A Performance Not A Performance?—Twentieth Century Music Corp. V. Aiken And Its Catv Precedents, Charlotte D. Roederer

Buffalo Law Review

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Federal Communications Commission Regulation Of Domestic Computer Communications: A Competitive Reformation, Barry Taub Apr 1973

Federal Communications Commission Regulation Of Domestic Computer Communications: A Competitive Reformation, Barry Taub

Buffalo Law Review

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The Copyright Law And Its Relevance To Catv: Can An Old Dog Be Taught New Tricks, Alan R. Chase Oct 1969

The Copyright Law And Its Relevance To Catv: Can An Old Dog Be Taught New Tricks, Alan R. Chase

Buffalo Law Review

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