We are living a fantasy when we expect the government (who ever/what ever it's supposed to be) not to dictate our lives when we live in fear of retaliation for not paying our big brother royalties by way of taxes; not to mention there are undisclosed means of taxation. But let's not worry so much of differences in power, for the poor and peace makers will inherit the world. -somewhere in the Bible- Jim Choate <ravage@ssz.com> wrote:

On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Aimee Farr wrote:

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First, I like to think the 1st Amendment includes the right to _receive_ anonymously, as well as send/publish -- which implicates anonymous

digital

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cash.

This seems to hinge on two points. The first being that 'speech/print' is equivalent in some sense to 'read/hear'. The second being the non-enumeracy clause of the 9th.

Clearly being able to speek/publish is worthless unless the audience has free and unhindered access. Note as an aside this conflicts with aspects of IP as currently practiced.

Another aspect that isn't clearly covered IMO is the role of 'consent' in anonymous communications. After all we are talking about a right, the right to make the choice based on personal beliefs. That clearly has to also protect those people who don't want to receive material anonymously.

After all, your rights extend only until they interfere with anothers.

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