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"Where Has Their Innocence Gone?" Addressing Child Sex Tourism, Cheryl Page Jan 2014

"Where Has Their Innocence Gone?" Addressing Child Sex Tourism, Cheryl Page

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If someone thinks that slavery is a thing of the past, they are simply unaware of what is going on around them. It is amazingly easy to “buy” a child. Given the incredible advances in technology and the pervasiveness of the Internet, one could obtain practically any product with a simple click of a mouse. While these technological advances have made life easier in many respects, it has also made it easier for sex predators to have access to buy and sell children. These children are exploited sexually just as easily as ordering a pizza. Children around the world are …


“What He Said.” The Transformative Potential Of The Use Of Copyrighted Content In Political Campaigns —Or— How A Win For Mitt Romney Might Have Been A Victory For Free Speech, Deidre Keller Jan 2014

“What He Said.” The Transformative Potential Of The Use Of Copyrighted Content In Political Campaigns —Or— How A Win For Mitt Romney Might Have Been A Victory For Free Speech, Deidre Keller

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In January 2012 Mitt Romney’s campaign received a cease-and-desist letter charging, among other things, that its use of news footage concerning Newt Gingrich’s ethics problems in the House of Representatives constituted a violation of NBC’s copyright. This is just the latest such charge and came amidst similar allegations against the Gingrich and Bachmann campaigns and in the wake of similar allegations against both the McCain and Obama campaigns in 2008. Such allegations have plagued political campaigns as far back as Reagan’s in 1984. The existing literature is nearly devoid of a consideration of such uses as political speech protected by …