1995-09-10 Sender: •••@••.••• Just a thought on why the police confiscate the entire system. The Federal Rules of Evidence make it extremely difficult to bring evidence based uponnce new technology. There are ways to do this (business records, for example), but most law enforcement people have been burned on technicalities a little too often. They … Read more…
1995-09-10 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) A meeting announcement relevant to recent discussion here: The next general meeting of SMUG, the Stanford/Palo Alto Macintosh User’s Group, will feature speakers from SurfWatch and RSA. SurfWatch is a program that lets parents prevent their children from accessing objectionable material over the internet. RSA is a key player in … Read more…
1995-09-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 01:53:14 -0700 From: Matt York <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> At 06:45 PM 9/4/95 +0100,Richard K. Moore wrote: > > At the request of the Information Society Quarterly, I’ve written a > 10-page article analyzing PFF’s “Magna Carta”. I believe this is > directly … Read more…
1995-09-08 Background from moderator: The Clinton Administration has released a major statement on copyright in electronic media. This comes from the same group that released a Green Paper on copyright in July 1994, criticized by legal expert Pamele Samuelson in the Communications of the ACM. The stated goal of the administration group is to promote … Read more…
1995-09-08 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> •••@••.••• wrote: ___________________ (Quoting me:) >news editors … are basically moved by three factors, none >of which is acceptable as a basis for fair information of the public: >a) Personal likes, dislikes and beliefs. >b) Advertising and commercial considerations. >c) Sensationalism. Probably even more important than these is: d) assumptions … Read more…
1995-09-08 Summary from the moderator: Besides with the many threads that people are actively pursuing on this list, I’d like to return for another look at a couple ideas that have passed by without much attention. (Other people are welcome to do the same thing.) Perhaps this message will prompt some more discussion. If you … Read more…
1995-09-08 The Good, the Bad, and the Internet A Conference on Critical Issues in Information Technology October 7 & 8, 1995 Chicago Circle Center, University of Illinois – Chicago 750 South Halsted Chicago, Illinois http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/discussions/cpsr/annual/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ New technologies have been appearing at a dizzying pace. The use of these technologies affect all of us, and … Read more…
1995-09-08 ============================================================================ VTW BillWatch: A weekly newsletter tracking US Federal legislation affecting civil liberties. BillWatch is published every Friday evening as long as Congress is in session. Congress is: returning to session Issue #17, Date: Thu Sep 7 22:35:25 EDT 1995 Please widely redistribute this document with this banner intact Redistribute no more than two … Read more…
1995-09-08 Sender: James Brazell <•••@••.•••> The policy is called “first right of usage.” Simply by using the domain name you have a legal right to pre-empt a trade mark filled after you are using it. I just went through this and lost our domain name….. Jim On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Henry Huang wrote: > … Read more…
1995-09-08 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> Vigdor Schreibman – FINS <•••@••.•••> wrote: > This is bizarre. I greatly value the opportunity to speak with > individuals with a perspective from outside of America, gained from my > residence outside of the continental US for 25 years of my life. Wherever > YVES has found the contrary … Read more…