Attorney You Ying-fu notes that the Publication Law has in fact seldom been used since the lifting of martial law, and believes the meaning of the current step of rescinding the Publication Law is to announce the government's dedication and determination to guarantee freedom of speech and to concretely practice the ideals of democracy and popular government.
律師尤英夫表示，事實上出版法在解嚴之後已很少被引用，因此現階段廢止出版法的意義是宣示政府保障言論自由的用心與決心，更具體實踐民主與民意政治的理想。