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The form of speech itself isn't banned, merely the method of distribution. The FCC bans broadcasting without a license (wasting bandwidth), and most areas would
by skymt 16y ago
The form of speech itself isn't banned, merely the method of distribution. The FCC bans broadcasting without a license (wasting bandwidth), and most areas would frown on scattering pamphlets on the ground (littering).
More to the point, at least one form of wasteful marketing speech has been heavily regulated nation-wide: spam, since the CAN-SPAM act.
- tptacek 16y agoThat isn't the theory under which CAN-SPAM operates. Spam is banned because the recipient bears most of the cost of its distribution. That simply isn't the case with direct mail.