cr#1289> (:>) Compuserve Caves In Again

1996-01-07 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Patrick Brennan) Subject: Compuserve Caves In Again As you may know, the French government is working hard to ensure that their language does not get “corrupted” by influences from other languages. They have recently begun strongly enforcing their law that at least 40% of … Read more…

cr#1290> Email Tapping arrives

1996-01-07 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 Sender: Don Bass <•••@••.•••> Subject: Email Tapping Friends: This from Educom’s Edupage: E-MAIL-TAP NETS CRIMINALS The first-ever court-approved wiretap of an e-mail account has resulted in the arrest of three people charged with running a sophisticated cellular-fraud ring. The alleged mastermind, a German electrical engineer, advertised … Read more…

cr#1288> Eppley re: COUNCIL OF 100 APPLAUDS DOLE’S STAND

1996-01-07 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: COUNCIL OF 100 APPLAUDS DOLE’S STAND The Council of 100 wrote: > COUNCIL OF 100 APPLAUDS DOLE’S STAND > AGAINST SPECTRUM GIVEAWAY [snip] >An auction of the digital spectrum will ensure that the interest of the >American people and future … Read more…

Rep. Anna Eshoo on Net Censorship (EFFector Online Excerpt)

1996-01-06 Craig A. Johnson The following is an excerpt from EFF’s online bulletin EFFector, Friday 5 January 1996. (Subscription and other information is at the end of the post.) Anna Eshoo is a conference committee member who is deeply concerned about the throttling of the Net which may result from the censorship provision in the … Read more…

* Net connection back up * [cr-960105]

1996-01-05 Richard Moore The Dublin node is now back up and all is well. I’ve got a long queue of postings I’ll process before the weekend is over. Thanks for your patience. -rkm

CDT’s Jerry Berman To Debate Exon TONIGHT (1/5) 9:00 PM

1996-01-05 Craig A. Johnson May be worth a look. –caj =============================================== CDT Executive Director Jerry Berman is scheduled to appear on CNN’s Larry King Live with Senator Jim Exon (D-NE) and Donna Rice (anti-porn activist) at 9:00 pm Eastern Time TONIGHT (Friday Jan 5, 1996). This promises to be an interesting and exciting debate.

NetDay

1996-01-05 Craig A. Johnson Sounds like a promising initiative. (Anyone care to ask Tom what effect he thinks the “indecency” censorship standard will have on online education?) Craig ============================================== Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 00:52:51 -0500 From: •••@••.••• (Tom Kalil) Subject: NetDay Please support NetDay96!! What is NetDay? * On March 9, 1996, thousands of … Read more…

Supreme Court and the First Amendment

1996-01-05 Craig A. Johnson Todd Lappin, WIRED Staff Editor sent me this well-done, concise overview of some of the primary First Amendment issues which will face the Net community if the “decency” standard prevails (which, at this writing, seems almost inevitable). Todd’s summary is a valuable complement to some of the longer analyses we have … Read more…

CDT Policy Post No.33 — Latest Text of CDA (Excerpt)

1996-01-04 Craig A. Johnson Below is an excerpt from the latest CDT policy post, detailing the state of play on the “indecency” provisions of the telecom bill still in conference committee. I am including only the legislative description and analysis by CDT. You can obtain the official language by contacting CDT or visiting its Web … Read more…

re: “Christian Right” (viewpoint) [cr-960102]

1996-01-04 Craig A. Johnson Folks, As you have read, Richard’s node is down. Henry Huang and I will be posting what we can until Richard is back, but please expect the list traffic to be a little thin for the next few days. Thanks. Craig A. Johnson Cyber Rights Co-Leader I sent the following message … Read more…