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by matthewdgreen 1646 days ago
Yes, that's one exception that seems highly relevant to the current case. Software is another. I'd like to believe that "published research is protected by 1A, but the speech necessary to make new published research is not protected" would go over like a lead balloon in the courts. Notice that these laws haven't been tested: instead prosecutors are going after "grant fraud" (and then dropping all charges before a judge can rule.)