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Rebecca Tushnet
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 83
Citations - 742
Rebecca Tushnet is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fair use & Trademark. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 79 publications receiving 716 citations. Previous affiliations of Rebecca Tushnet include Boston College & Loyola Marymount University.
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Legal Fictions: Copyright, Fan Fiction, and a New Common Law
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Copy this Essay: How Fair Use Doctrine Harms Free Speech and How Copying Serves It
TL;DR: The authors discusses the free speech value of pure copying, from audience interests to speaker interests in self-expression, persuasion, and affirmation of connection with a larger political, religious, or cultural group.
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Copy This Essay: How Fair Use Doctrine Harms Free Speech and How Copying Serves It
TL;DR: In this paper, the First Amendment Value of Copying is defined as the first amendment value of copying, and the conflict between copyrights and free speech is discussed, and a discussion of free speech and copyrights is discussed.
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Gone in Sixty Milliseconds: Trademark Law and Cognitive Science
TL;DR: For example, the authors argued that even a limited dilution law should be held unconstitutional under current First Amendment commercial-speech doctrine, since the harms it identifies do not generally come from commercial competitors but from free speech about trademarked products.
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Payment in Credit: Copyright Law and Subcultural Creativity
TL;DR: Fan practices differ in significant ways from copyright law's assumptions, especially in their treatment of attribution as a substitute for compensation and control as discussed by the authors, and these new forms challenge both conventional production models and traditionally noncommercial fan practices.