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1997-06-07 - Re: Responses to “Spam costs and questions” (long)

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
To: “Igor Chudov @ home” <ichudov@Algebra.COM>
Message Hash: 3b1080d1208926ef922e626fd8c4f82331800fa493ccf06f79f66d3ae85fcaef
Message ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970607133514.655C-100000@cp.pathfinder.com>
Reply To: <199706070424.XAA27671@manifold.algebra.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-06-07 17:52:20 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 01:52:20 +0800

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 1997 01:52:20 +0800
To: "Igor Chudov @ home" <ichudov@Algebra.COM>
Subject: Re: Responses to "Spam costs and questions" (long)
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Such a law would be unconstitutional, I believe, and unjust. It's
compelled speech: the government forcing you to say something.
Depending on how it's worded, it could also impact core political
speech, something the courts generally don't like.

-Declan


On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Igor Chudov @ home wrote:
> 
> Is there any justification for a law that would require senders to make
> filtering easier, e.g., by attaching a [COMMERCIAL] tag to all UCEs.
> 
> 	- Igor.
> 
>

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