New location for Web page [cr-95/11/22]

1995-11-22 Note from moderator: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility just gave us a new, more official site for the Cyber Rights Web and ftp files. The old links you may have to Henry Huang’s system or mine still work. But if you tell other people about the site, please give them this URL for the … Read more…

Universal access to email explored [cr-95/11/22]

1995-11-22 (Pointer from moderator: I found this notice on the telecomreg mailing list. The report can be read on the Web at http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR650/–Andy) On November 21 RAND, a nonprofit policy research and analysis organization, released a report called Universal Access to E-Mail: Feasibility and Societal Implications. The report includes the following policy recommendations: * that … Read more…

CA Voter Poll [cr-95/11/22]

1995-11-22 Sender: Kim Alexander <•••@••.•••> To: “ELECnet” <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 14:38:44 -0800 (PST) Reply-to: •••@••.••• Dear Friends, Below is a press release on a state poll we recently conducted – please feel free to repost and redistribute. Enjoy! Kim Alexander * * * * * * * * * * * * … Read more…

Bill Gate’s book [cr-95/11/21]

1995-11-22 Sender: •••@••.••• (Julia Gladstone) > >Sender: “kenneth yang” <•••@••.•••> > > I am teaching an undergraduate course on cyberspace. anybody >knows a good book that covers all the technical, policy, and implication >issues. > >let me know. > >thanks for your help. > >Ken > hi I know of an excellant book which I … Read more…

Re: Wanted: Your comments on “Intimidation or Free Speech” [cr-95/11/14]

1995-11-21 Sender: •••@••.••• (David S. Bennahum) On november 11, Philip Stills wrote: >Using Sonic.net, I contacted numerous people individually by e-mail after >finding their unique postings in Newsgroups which reflected their specific >interest in the subject of my book [~snip] > and encouraged them to >get more information by visiting my WebSite. [~snip] >You can … Read more…

Bill Gate’s book [cr-95/11/21]

1995-11-21 Sender: “kenneth yang” <•••@••.•••> Hi, has anybody heard about Bill Gate’s new book on the Information Highway? care to give me the full title and publisher and price. by the way, I am teaching an undergraduate course on cyberspace. anybody knows a good book that covers all the technical, policy, and implication issues. let … Read more…

Contacts with traditional media [cr-95/11/20]

1995-11-20 Sender: Don Bass <•••@••.•••> (I am attaching this post to give an example of an activist strategy that is working for me.) Friends: The newspapers in my area all now have an email address. Thye don’t invite it to come in; it is just put there. So….. I use it. The Texas City Sun … Read more…

On Electronic Democracy [cr-95/11/20]

1995-11-20 Sender: “G.S. Aikens” <•••@••.•••> Dear Cyber-rights, I have been following the debates on electronic democracy with great interest. By way of background, I was involved in the MN E-Democracy Project during the 1994 election season, organizing and hosting the E-Debates for the Project. We provided a great deal of candidate information. But more importantly … Read more…