cr> James Boyle: “Sold Out”

1996-04-02 Richard Moore >From: John Young <•••@••.•••> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 To: •••@••.••• Subject: PIR_ate 3-31-96. NYT: “Sold Out.” By James Boyle, American University law professor We are in the middle of an information land grab and no one seems to have noticed. Congress is now considering the Administration’s proposal for intellectual property on … Read more…

cr> Edupage, 31 March 1996 (fwd)

1996-04-01 Sender: Laura Goostree <•••@••.•••> Something interesting from Edupage…. ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 19:06:51 -0500 (EST) From: Edupage Editors <•••@••.•••> To: EDUCOM Edupage Mailing List <•••@••.•••> Subject: Edupage, 31 March 1996 ***************************************************************** Edupage, 31 March 1996. Edupage, a summary of news items on information technology, is provided three times each … Read more…

Re: cr> Various resources

1996-04-01 Sender: •••@••.••• On Mar 31, 18:37, Cyber Rights wrote: > NorthStar has an article about a secret “dirty word list” that AOL > uses to censor postings. According to the author, people’s postings > get deleted for unknown reasons and no one can make AOL say what its > policy is. Email me if … Read more…

cr> A Parents Guide to the Internet

1996-04-01 Sender: Robert Cannon <•••@••.•••> I have just completed a draft FAQ entitled “A Parents Guide to Supervising a Child’s Online and Internet Experience.” It can be found at http://www.cais.net/cannon/memos/parents.htm As always, I welcome comment and review of the draft. I would also be interested to know if this is a document we as CPSR … Read more…

cr> internet security in Egypt

1996-04-01 Sender: •••@••.••• (Leila Gorchev) Hi. I’m writing an article for the Al-Ahram Weekly on internet security, monitoring, censorship in Egypt and other Arab countries. My access to the internet is via lynx – not easy – and I can’t always get a connection (busy lines). In the meantime (while I try to get a … Read more…

cr> BULLETIN: U.S. Announces Solutions for Safer Net

1996-04-01 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ————————————– DWARF’S MEDIA ADVISORY Dwarf’s Oupost On The Digital Frontier ————————————– For release: April 1, 1996 ————————————– For additional information: Dwarf Internet: •••@••.••• http://www.dwarf.com/dwarf/ ————————————– United States Government Announces Solutions To Ensure A Safer Internet ———————————————————————– WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Government announces today a series of broad-based solutions … Read more…

cr> CYBER FLASH: Disney Values, Online Condoms

1996-04-01 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #### DISNEY VALUES #### Opinion polls have shown that two issues that really concern Americans in this election year are the rising tide of violence involving teenagers and young adults, and the erosion of family values. Alarmed by these trends, a bipartisan Senate-House ad hoc committee is rushing a bill … Read more…