1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Brian Steffen) To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Can the Decency Act be constitutional? The Communications Decency Act is so far-fetched that I can’t imagine any court upholding its constitutionality. Not to give the pro-censorship folks any fodder, but can anyone on this … Read more…
1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Jonathan Weinberg) To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: existence of list? Greg Newton wrote that passage of the telcom bill >> is seriously in question at this point, and Joe Shea asked for > a second opinion on Gregory’s comment. Well, Newt … Read more…
1996-01-11 Henry Huang >>From EPIC Alert 3.01: A (rare) victory for privacy and cyber-liberties! -H — — Forwarded mail from “EPIC-News” <•••@••.•••> ======================================================================= [1] FLASH — Charges Dropped Against Phil Zimmermann ======================================================================= The federal government has dropped all charges against Phil Zimmermann, the author of the popular encryption program Pretty Good Privacy. In a letter … Read more…
1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Marsha Woodbury) To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: CPSR-I Charter (@) Sender: •••@••.••• (Clyde B. Forrest) Hi CPSR-Global members. Many thanks to Massismo Mauro for his first cut on a draft Charter for CPSR-International. There are many good issues identified in there, but I feel they … Read more…
1996-01-11 Craig A. Johnson The following is an account by the German journalist, Michael Kunze, of the CompuServe/Germany censorship issue. Kunze writes for Der Spiegel, the major German news magazine and Der Spiegel Online. I think the most telling phrase in the account below is, “CompuServe’s approach is not to guarantee for ‘freedom of speech … Read more…
1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 From: Phil Agre <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Civilizing Cyberspace [Steve Miller’s new book is the book to hand to your friends and family who are starting from scratch and want an intelligent guide to the policy issues around the net.] Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 09:02:21 … Read more…
1996-01-11 Richard Moore from GovAccess: &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Bell Telephone Listserv Reports Last Week’s Status of Tecom “Reform” Bill Date: Thu, 28 Dec 95 14:59:05 EST Sender: •••@••.••• From: “ACC(BELL.COM)-Listserver” <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Legislative Update December 28, 1995 The following update is from the Alliance for Competitive Communications. More information about this subject … Read more…
1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 From: Jonathan Prince <•••@••.•••> Subject: CIS msg to Sysops To: Multiple recipients of list CYBER-SOC <•••@••.•••> > > > Compu$erve’s Internal Statement to its Forum Sysops > > From: •••@••.••• (Matthew Gaylor) > Reply to: Matthew Gaylor > Date: 5 Jan 1996 16:17:22 GMT > Organization: … Read more…
1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 03 Jan 96 From: “W. Curtiss Priest” <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: TELECOM BILL CONTROVERSY (via Edupage) TELECOM BILL CONTROVERSY The proposed major telecommunications legislation put forward by a House-Senate conference committee continues to be under attack as a “giveaway” to broadcasting companies, which would be … Read more…
1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cr#1297> (Fwd) IP: Stokey Il yet again The Simon Wiesenthal Center does very good work exposing the consequences of intolerance, but it has a persistent problem recognizing it’s own principles in action. Some years ago I attended a speech at the Center … Read more…