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From: kamins@kumr.UUCP (Scot Kamins)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Personal Privacy Violations
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Date: 7 Jan 91 21:48:00 GMT
References: <465.2786E0CF@Tqc.FidoNet.Org> <1991Jan06.180558.4405@looking.on.ca> <1991Jan06.230231.21840@hoss.unl.edu>
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In article <1991Jan06.230231.21840@hoss.unl.edu> greg@hoss.unl.edu (Lig Lury Jr.) writes:
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>>shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press and all that rot,
B
>>remember?
>
>Hello, since when is information encoded electronically on a CD ROM
> considered Frede om of the Press?

IMHO, the only reason it might NOT be is that folks have forgotten their history.  
At the time (if memory serves B-} ), the only publishing medium those guys
in Philadelphia had in 1775-6 was the printing press.  Didn't have CD-ROMs, and
 SSeems to me that the intention was to have media of public communication to
be free - both in terms of creation andd of access.

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