Rebecca Tushnet | |
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 Tushnet at a U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study Roundtable in 2019 | |
| Born | April 4, 1973 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
| Occupation | Law professor |
| Employer | Harvard Law School |
| Father | Mark Tushnet |
| Relatives | Eve Tushnet (sister) |
| Website | Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log |
Rebecca Tushnet (born April 4, 1973) is an American legal scholar. She serves as the Frank Stanton Professor of First Amendment Law at Harvard Law School. Her scholarship focuses on copyright, trademark, First Amendment, and false advertising.
In addition to her general scholarship, Tushnet is known for her fanfiction-related scholarship[1] and her legal advocacy work for the Organization for Transformative Works, a nonprofit fandom-related project that supports fanworks (such as fanfiction) through preservation and advocacy.[2][3]
- ^ Bob Garfield (March 7, 2013). Fan Fiction and the Law. On the Media. WNYC. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
- ^ "Legal Advocacy", Organization for Transformative Works. (Last visited April 28, 2014).
- ^ Nick Gillespie & Joshua Swain, "Fan Fiction vs. Copyright - Q&A with Rebecca Tushnet", Reason Magazine, July 20, 2012.