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Judge: Freedom of the Press for Commercial Use Only

Posted by Hemos on from the bad-precedent dept.

Kilroy writes "According to a Seattle judge freedom of the press only applies to paid journalists. As a result, he has indefinantly imprisoned a 70 year old former journalism professor for posting mean things on the web. I wonder how much something has to earn in order to make it legal to publish?"

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  1. Another story by anthony_dipierro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Here's the public domain version of the story, for those of you who want true freedom. I still haven't figured out why freedom of speech doesn't apply in this case. Maybe because he wasn't "talking"?

  2. Just plain Wrong! by www.sorehands.com · · Score: 4, Insightful
    How do you think that the paid press get their leads?


    See Lovell v. City of Griffin. Which ruled:

    The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. These indeed have been historic weapons in the defense of liberty, as the pamphlets of Thomas Paine and others in our own history abundantly attest. The press in its connotation comprehends every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion.

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