[extropy-chat] FEC to regulate internet

[Mike Lorrey]

--- Adrian Tymes <wingcat at pacbell.net> wrote:

> --- Mike Lorrey <mlorrey at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "A recent federal court ruling says the FEC must
> > extend some of the
> > nation's new campaign finance and spending limits to
> > political activity
> > on the Internet.
> 
> Emphasis: campaign finance and spending limits.
> They're regulating the money, not the 'net.  If you
> aren't paid to give an opinion, this doesn't apply.

Paid by who? What separates a paid reporter with a bias from a party
pundit with an opinion? Is Ann Coulter's opinion column going to be
classified as regulatable political speech? What about that of any
other pundit of any political stripe?

Meanwhile, Michael Moore's toxically false movies are not considered
political speech by the courts.

=====
Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom.
It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
                                      -William Pitt (1759-1806) 
Blog: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=Sadomikeyism


		
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