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To: Mao II who wrote (9943)	6/11/2001 2:56:09 PM
From: Zeev Hed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

Quite correct including quite a body of law in what is excluded (for corporations) from protection of the first amendment. If memory serve, was a very recent case, where the cover of a book was quite misleading as to the content of the book. The publisher was sued for "misrepresentation", and the Judge decided that what is "in the book" is protected by the first amendment, but the cover constitute "advertisement", and is not covered (it must abide by "truth in advertisement" type of laws). Zeev

To: Mao II who wrote (9943)	6/11/2001 3:36:22 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10921

Whether there is a large body of law in support of treating corporations as people or not is irrelevant. The only issue that the people should decide on is whether or not continued grant of such rights to the corporations is in the best interest of the society. My grandfather may have had many ideas that seemed logical to him while he was alive, that does not obligate me to fallow on his footsteps if I think those ideas do not hold anymore. Sun Tzu PS yes, I am not holding my breath for the change, but that does not mean it cannot or should not happen.