[nickff]

Could one not categorize material published in a book, magazine, or on television as 'commercial speech', liable to restrictive licensing and censorship? This seems like a slippery slope which the USA is on the correct side of.

[coldtea]

Commercial speech is not the same as advertising.

The product is the same as the speech, whereas in advertising the speech is in sycophantic service of another product.

[nickff]

I agree that commercial speech is not the same as advertising, but the comment I replied to was talking about restricting commercial speech, not advertising.