[Nettime-bold] RE: <nettime> Corporate Free Speech Battle is Escalating

["Talan Memmott" <talan@percepticon.com>]

I am wondering when corporations will take over defense installations...

Like, AOL/TimeWarner operating its own NORAD station.







> -----Original Message-----
> From: nettime-l-request@bbs.thing.net
> [mailto:nettime-l-request@bbs.thing.net]On Behalf Of Curt Hagenlocher
> Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:35 AM
> To: nettime-l@bbs.thing.net
> Subject: <nettime> Corporate Free Speech Battle is Escalating
>
>
>
> http://www.latimes.com/business/20010527/t000044302.html
>
> "Business leaders exult in what they say is a long-overdue
> recognition that corporations have constitutional rights
> too.
> "'In the United States, we still have certain legislation
> and certain rules that were designed for another period,'
> AOL Time Warner Chief Executive Gerald Levin said recently.
> 'Increasingly, through the help of the courts--that is,
> the reach of the 1st Amendment--we'll have opportunities.'"
>
> [...]
>
> "Even the requirement that a Web site post its privacy
> policy is vulnerable to being struck down as a form of
> 'compelled speech,' said UCLA law professor Eugene
> Volokh, who believes 1st Amendment protections should
> trump privacy rights.
> "If the government is allowed to restrict the spread
> of one kind of information, such as Social Security
> numbers or public records, it might be tempted to try
> to restrict another type of information, such as
> newspaper articles, Volokh said."
>
> --
>
> So, let me get this straight: a corporation can sell my
> Social Security number, because to prevent them from doing
> so would be a violation of their "First Amendment rights",
> but for me, it's "use Napster, go to jail"?
>
> --
> Curt Hagenlocher
> curth@motek.com
>
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