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0 pointskube-system6y ago0 comments

The existence of intellectual property rights isn't really relevant to the telecoms' argument here.

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ceejayoz6y ago

The similar existence of privacy rights and their conflict with the telecoms' right to free speech is, though.

SamReidHughes6y ago

There isn't a similar existence of privacy rights.

ceejayoz6y ago

SCOTUS begs to differ, in Griswold v. Connecticut. So do various state laws.

kube-systemOP6y ago

It's a pretty big stretch to say that location and financial data is protected by a right to marital privacy.

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SamReidHughes6y ago

A case about access to contraception has nothing to do with free speech at all, nor is it even the same kind of "privacy." They're two different concepts, with the same word.

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ceejayoz6y ago

The similar existence of privacy rights and their conflict with the telecoms' right to free speech is, though.

SamReidHughes6y ago

There isn't a similar existence of privacy rights.

ceejayoz6y ago

SCOTUS begs to differ, in Griswold v. Connecticut. So do various state laws.

kube-systemOP6y ago

It's a pretty big stretch to say that location and financial data is protected by a right to marital privacy.

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SamReidHughes6y ago

A case about access to contraception has nothing to do with free speech at all, nor is it even the same kind of "privacy." They're two different concepts, with the same word.

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