Ahh... that makes sense... although I'd been under the impression that there were an awful lot of uses of the press in the early days for "vanity publishing" as it were... like Sam Clemens publishing of What Is Man which was only printed a hundred or so physical volumes and circulated amongst his friends. As opposed to being sold on the open market. Also... and I'm no historian, so I may be well of the mark... but I was under the impression that there wasn't a huge distinction at the time of the drafting of the Constitution between individuals and corporations. I mean... now it's possible to create an limited liability corp (LLC) or other corporation which exists as a separate legal entity and thereby insulates the founders/owners in some ways from culpability in cases in which the corporations agents engage in fraudulent or criminal acts. ... At the time of the drafting of the Constitution, presumably, no such laws had _yet_ been established, this being a completely new government... Were the equivalents of LLC's an established practice under the laws of England and other nations at the time?
> The press is typically a company or corporation, it has > been commonly held > that commercial speech does not qualify for the same > protections as private > speech. > Freedom of the press assures that while it is a commercial > organization > what is prints is still protected. > At 03:46 AM 7/7/2003 +0000, you wrote: >>what difference to you see between freedom of speech for >>the individual and >>freedom of speech for the press? They are both speech and >>the are both >>protected by the first amendment. If you are going to say >>that they are >>clearly separate because they are clearly listed >>separately in the >>language, then I guess there is no arguing with that. >> >>Out of curiousity do you consider the Patriot Act >>constitutional? What abot >>Patriot 2? >> >>Dana > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 > Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up > with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.5 s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 new epoch http://www.turnkey.to lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
