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The First Amendment's Biggest Threat, Michael J. Gerhardt
The First Amendment's Biggest Threat, Michael J. Gerhardt
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The Birth Of The Authornym: Authorship, Pseudonymity, And Trademark Law, Laura A. Heymann
The Birth Of The Authornym: Authorship, Pseudonymity, And Trademark Law, Laura A. Heymann
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Consumers in the marketplace of ideas are well acquainted with one aspect of the Foucauldian concept of the "author function": the way in which an author's name serves to organize both producer inputs-the various works the author wishes to have associated with his name-and consumer inputs-the readers' interpretive reactions to any particular body of work. Indeed, choosing to write under a pseudonym or under one's true name is the way in which an author exerts control over this function by grouping certain works (for example, scholarly pieces) under one name and other works (for example, mystery novels) under a different …