Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over.There's more. It get's worse. Kollar-Kotelly seems to be on a crusade to define whatever she can as "coordinated communications". The author of the article is Declan McCullagh, staff writer at CNET News.com. He concludes.
In just a few months, he warns, bloggers and news organizations could risk the wrath of the federal government if they improperly link to a campaign's Web site. Even forwarding a political candidate's press release to a mailing list, depending on the details, could be punished by fines.
Smith should know. He's one of the six commissioners at the Federal Election Commission, which is beginning the perilous process of extending a controversial 2002 campaign finance law to the Internet...
...This is an incredible thicket. If someone else doesn't take action, for instance in Congress, we're running a real possibility of serious Internet regulation. It's going to be bizarre.I'd recommend reading the article.
Hat tip: www.alliancealert.org.
UPDATE: Saturday, March 5. Captain's Quarters looks at the issue at http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/003996.php.
And Day By Day takes it on, too, at
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