From: Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 20:50:53 -0800 (PST)
To: tcmay@got.net (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: (2) More on Digital Postage
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Timothy C. May allegedly said:
> 
[...]
> By the way, I think the "junk fax" and "junk phone call" laws are clearcut
> violations of the First Amendment.

You are entitled to any tortuous idiosyncratic opinion you care to
hold, of course.

> I understand why the herd _wants_ these
> laws, as it reduces the costs involved in replacing fax paper, running to
> the telephone only to find someone trying to sell something, etc., but it
> is quite clearly a prior restraint on speech, however well-intentioned.

"Prior restraint" is not a magic key.  Not all speech is protected.  
Of course, once again, you are free to disagree with the massive 
body of legal precedent on this issue.

-- 
Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
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