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“Kowalska sees these ‘counter-sites’ as versions, however imperfect, of a utopian ideal in which heterogeneity is valued. “They are by nature non-hegemonic, and in the modern context are often the spaces of subculture or deviance; in literature, they are often the setting if not the subject of transgressive fiction. In the work of the Beat Generation writers, scenes such as nocturnal Times Square, the transient lives of migrant worker communities, port and border cities, or downtown rooming houses, can be understood as heterotopias in terms of their liminality, their difference from conformist society, and the sometimes idealised potential for freedom, expression, and experience they are portrayed as holding.”

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Cependant, on a l'impression que pour #MauroPoggia, le problème est, en réalité, ailleurs. Il affirme ouvertement qu'il veut que les gens se sentent obligés de pratiquer l' #autocensure. Oh bien sûr, il défend la #liberté d' #expression, mais tant qu'aucune voix ne crie plus fort que l'autre et qu'aucune vulgarité n’entache le propos. On n'est pas ici dans la volonté de combattre la #diffamation ou même le #fascisme, mais bien plutôt dans la #police du #langage en public.

What Copyright Isn’t: Protection Ideas versus Expression

Recently I’ve had a lot of authors ask about whether copyright, or any law, can protect an idea for a story. The answer is basically “no”.

Copyright law protects the fixed expression of your ideas: the words of your story, the illustration you created, even the source code for

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Luna Station QuarterlyWhat Copyright Isn’t: Protection Ideas versus ExpressionBy K C Maguire