Pointers from moderator: In September, the Clinton Administration released a long report title "Intellectual Property and the National Information Infrastructure." As I reported here, it generated a lot of controversy for being slanted toward publishers' needs and away from the needs of users, teachers, etc. Now an online journal called the Computer Law Report talks about one particular (and oft-criticized) aspect of the report, a call for making it illegal to own equipment that could be used to make illegal copies of ditital material. The report is on our ftp in the Essays directory under the name Galkin-Copyright-Protection. Also, the message I sent yesterday about Congressional email addresses got a lot of response. (Remember, though, that email is generally ignored by congresspeople.) Seeing a demand, I have added two files to the new Resources directory on our ftp site. US-Congress-Contact contains various lists I have accumulated over the past several months on how to reach Congress. Media-Contact contains a similar list of contact information for newspapers, TV stations, etc. Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram - •••@••.••• - Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) You are encouraged to forward and cross-post messages for non-commercial use, pursuant to any redistribution restrictions included in individual messages. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
