Fepproject.org
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The Free Expression Policy Project
Description
The Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP), founded in 2000, provides research and advocacy on free speech, copyright, and media democracy issues. In May 2004, FEPP became part of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
FEPP takes a non-"absolutist" approach to free expression. For example, sexual and racial harassment, threats, and false advertising are types of speech that do not, and should not, have First Amendment protection. But a painting or photograph with sexual content is not sexual harassment; and a work of literature or scholarship is unlikely to constitute a threat. Protected speech may be offensive or controversial - but that is all the more reason to protect it. Unprotected speech should be narrowly and specifically defined, and have a direct, tangible, demonstrably harmful effect.
Similarly, in the areas of copyright and "fair use," campaign finance, media effects, and media democracy, FEPP examines the fundamental values underlying the First Amendment, and asks how well our current public policies and legal rules serve those values.
Contact
- Earthlink, Inc.
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- Atlanta
- US 30309
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- +1.114048150770
