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1996-04-17 (Introduction from moderator: the first issue is a tactical angle in the battle to allow encryption to be exported. The second shows the determination of governments to regulate electronic networks without having the least bit of understanding about them.–Andy) ========================================================================= ________________ _______________ _______________ /_______________/ /_______________ /______________ \\\\/ ||||||||||||||||| / //////////////// \________/ |||||________ / /////______ … Read more…

1996-04-17 Sender: •••@••.••• (Lutz Donnerhacke) * Cyber Rights wrote: > CDT POLICY POST Volume 2, Number 14 April 12, 1996 > > o The revised S.1360 removes “health information services” from being > treated as trustees, and now only allows them to receive personal health > information with an individual’s consent. Now, trustees, such as … Read more…

1996-04-17 Sender: •••@••.••• (Audrie Krause) Richard Moore wrote: >I don’t agree. Telecom costs are going down sharply, with fiber so cheap, >bandwidth is increasing. Not to mention satellites. More companies are >getting into Internet service provision. Rates are going down, not up. >With multiple paths into the home, the basis for a monopoly is lacking. … Read more…

1996-04-17 Charles Bell forwarded me an interesting article (interesting at least for the perspective it casts on the U.S. military/intelligence establishment) about how information networks have military as well as “soft power” advantages, and should be wielded as such by the U.S. government. It’s a long article; email me if you want to see it. … Read more…

1996-04-16 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> > Sender: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) > I can see no other motivation for the > bill than to destroy competition and make it possible for the biggest > players to control the medium and the prices. I’m no wholehearted supporter of the telecom act, but I can point out … Read more…

1996-04-15 (Introduction from moderator: these are excerpts from postings by Madanmohan Rao, which he takes from his Internet World site http://netday.iworld.com/business/NATW.html. The first is quite provocative and the second more newsy.–Andy) ————————————————————– Internet Aids U.S. Foreign Policy In The Information Age ——————————————————– The U.S. has strength in military power and economic production – yet, its … Read more…

1996-04-15 (Note from moderator: because I got a lot of interested responses from list members, I am posting the newsletter on the CDA for all to see–and two other postings on the testimony of the government witnesses as well. By the way, Exon and the American Family Association are putting pressure on the Clinton administration … Read more…

1996-04-15 (Introduction from moderator: Remember the bill S. 1360, introduced into the U.S. Senate to determine how medical records could be stored and shared? It set off quite a fight between the CDT (which supported the bill) and Jamie Love’s TAP (which opposed it). CDT has released a newsletter explaining new measures that improve the … Read more…

1996-04-15 Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> R.K. Moore wrote: > Re/regulation: My own view is that the regulatory regime we > had > prior the Telcom Reform bill was an excellent one — evolved over > time — and was giving us vibrant competition, rapid innovation, and > affordable prices — especially on Internet. Yeah, … Read more…

1996-04-15 A new organization called the Competition Policy Instutute has been founded to make recommendations in telecom. I don’t know much about them, but I’ve got a press release I can share with you if you’re interested. They say they want to “promote state and federal policies that introduce telecom and electic service competition in … Read more…