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Slightly off-topic: These "gag orders" never cease to amaze me. My (very limited) understanding is that the US is _the_ country fighting for free speech. It's v
by darklajid 16y ago
Slightly off-topic: These "gag orders" never cease to amaze me. My (very limited) understanding is that the US is _the_ country fighting for free speech. It's valued higher than most other things (i.e. over here, in Germany, it's restricted: You seem to be far more limited in what you can say without legal consequences).
Yet, I regularly stumble upon rulings like these. Am I missing something? Isn't that exactly the opposite of free speech, with a court nodding gravely and supporting the outcome/helping to enforce this?
- semanticist 16y agoIt's not really a 'gag order', as much as he's signed an agreement with Sony which contains 'confidentiality clauses'. The court didn't mandate this agreement - he decided that it would be better for him to settle than to face court, and part of settling included the 'gagging'.