Robert A. Baron wrote:

> It seems to me that if free speech is to mean anything at all, it must be
> allied to the ability and the mechanism to distribute. Free speech has
> traditionally be tied to the freedom of the press. And freedom of the press
> requires and assumes an ability to publish and distribute--they go hand in
> hand. Consequently if freedom of expression is to be safeguarded, it must
> be wedded to the freedom to distribute. In our society, more often than
> not, that means the freedom to sell. To limit distribution is just about
> the same thing as limiting expression. It is not without significance that
> the following expression has been adopted as the credo of desktop
> publishing: "Freedom of the press belongs to those who have one."
>
> Robert Baron
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I agree that distribution is a necessary condition for expression. Would those
who disagree say that someone who prints a newspaper must be regulated by the
government in order to sell copies on the street?

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