@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996
Sender: Voters Telecommunications Watch <•••@••.•••>
Subject: (VTW) BillWatch #33
~--<snip>--~
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Announcements
Oregon ISPs stand up for your rights
Recap of ECHO Virtual Culture Event 1/21/96
Lotus blinks in industry/NSA crypt standoff
Subscription Information (unchanged since 10/21/95)
~--<snip>--~
OREGON ISPs STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS
Recently, something amazing happened: several Oregon Internet businesses
stood up and told potential US Senate candidates: we cannot survive
poorly thought-out Internet regulation; the Internet economy in the state
of Oregon hinges upon you making intelligent choices as a US Senator.
Here is an excerpt from the letter coordinated by VTW:
Let this be put as plainly as possible: the Internet as a business
platform may not survive this legislative onslaught of this US
Senate. To regulate a technology without understanding it is
tantamount to playing with fire. The next US Senator from Oregon
must have an understanding of this technology, so that we may
prosper as members of the Oregon business community.
The final copy of the letter is at http://www.vtw.org/archive/960118_153046
The letter was signed by ten Oregon Internet business, including the largest
Oregon-owned Internet Service Providers in the state. It was presented at a
press conference in Portland at Europa Communications (http://www.europa.com/)
where Libertarian candidate Gene Nanni (http://www.teleport.com/~gemina/
was invited to speak by VTW.
Great coverage of the event was provided by the Netly News at
http://www.pathfinder.com/Netly/.
Take a moment and thank the Internet businesses that stood up for
civil liberties by sending them a thank you for doing their part. The
signatories are:
aracnet.com, Craig Bell (•••@••.•••)
Europa Communications, Richard Horswell (•••@••.•••)
The Habit Cafe, John Ark (•••@••.•••)
InfoStructure, Bob Down (•••@••.•••)
One World Internetworking, Susan Hamill (•••@••.•••)
Open Door Networks, Alan Openheimer (•••@••.•••)
Pacific Online Access, Mark Nasstrom (•••@••.•••)
Sunlight Data Systems, Fred Huette (•••@••.•••)
Teleport Corp., John Moss (for Jim Deibele) (•••@••.•••)
Thurber Technology Group, Alex Thurber (•••@••.•••)
~--<snip>--~
___________________________________________________________________________
Copyright 1995 Steven Cherry & Shabbir J. Safdar
___________________________________________________________________________
End VTW BillWatch Issue #33, Date: Mon Jan 22 00:42:06 EST 1996
___________________________________________________________________________
This file provided by:
Voters Telecommunications Watch
*** Watching out for your civil liberties ***
Email: •••@••.••• (preferred)
Gopher: gopher -p1/vtw gopher.panix.com
URL: http://www.vtw.org/
Telephone: (718) 596-2851 (last resort)
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
Posted by Richard K. Moore (•••@••.•••) Wexford, Ireland
Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/
CyberLib: http://www.internet-eireann.ie/cyberlib
Materials may be reposted in their entirety for non-commercial use.
~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
