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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_speech http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_speech There's a difference and you know it.
by pstuart 14y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_speech http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_speech
There's a difference and you know it.
- rayiner 14y agoCommercial speech has to do with the content of the speech, not the motivations behind speaking. If I have a statement: "hats are on sale 50% off tomorrow" that is commercial speech. I can tell on it's face that it's commercial, without knowing anything about who spoke it. If I have a statement: "Hilary Clinton is a terrible candidate for such and such reasons" that is not commercial speech. It does not, on it's face, propose a commercial transaction. Now, someone might have commercial reasons for disliking Hilary Clinton, but the motivation behind speech is irrelevant to whether it is considered to be within the "commercial speech" exception. This is why music, movies, and video games are all fully protected despite the fact that they are for-profit commerical products. It's the content of the speech, not the motivations for speaking that define speech as commercial or not.
- CamperBob2 14y agoSo your local politicians raise their right hand and swear to uphold Wikipedia? I can see some room for abuse there.