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Article
Second Class for the Second Time: How the Commercial Speech Doctrine Stigmatizes Commercial Use of Aggregated Public Records
South Carolina Law Review
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-2007
ISSN
0038-3104
Abstract
This Article argues that access to aggregated electronic public records for commercial use should receive protection under the First Amendment in the same measure as the speech acts the access supports. In other words, we view commercial access to aggregated public records as an essential means to valuable speech. For many, however, the taint of the commercial speech doctrine is turning all “information flows” into commercial ones. This, in turn, is threatening the access to government records.
Num Pages
60
Publisher
University of South Carolina School of Law
Disciplines
File Type
PDF
Citation Information
Brian N. Larson and Genelle I. Belmas. "Second Class for the Second Time: How the Commercial Speech Doctrine Stigmatizes Commercial Use of Aggregated Public Records" South Carolina Law Review Vol. 58 Iss. 4 (2007) p. 935 - 994 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian-larson/4/