I read in sci.electronics.design that Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, the
Dark Remover" wrote (in
pernews.com) about 'SPAMMERS (was Digikey doth truly rule', on Mon,
28 Feb 2005:

You can't legalize something that had no prior restrictions because it
was _already_ legal.

It depends on how you define 'legalize'. If no law applies to some
activity, it could be taken as 'outside the scope of law', so when a law
is applied to it, it becomes within the scope of law, and the verb
'legalize' could well be applied to that action of 'bringing within the
scope of law'.
--
Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk