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Re: FCC-type Regulation of Cyberspace

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Subject: Re: FCC-type Regulation of Cyberspace
From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:45:43 -0500 (EST)
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Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 15-Mar-96 Re: FCC-type Regulation of
.. by [email protected] 
> Bill Frantz wrote:
> >Political speech, not commercial speech.  The act doesn't apply or is
> >unconstitutional.
>  
> I see:  The bill of rights reads: 
> "Congress shall make no law [...] abridging the freedom of *political*
> speech".   
> Never knew that until now. 

Thanks for clarifying. Now I know that Congress can pass a law muzzling
the New York Times Co., Inc.

More seriously, society accepts greater limitations on commercial
speech, and I don't find them nearly as odious as I do ones that
restrict political speech.

-Declan

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