cr> Working group

1996-04-19 An Invitation to CPSR Members, CPSR members are invited to subscribe to a newly-created action list for the Cyber-Rights National Working Group. Interested members should send an email message to Deputy Director Susan Evoy, •••@••.•••, indicating you wish to subscribe to: •••@••.•••. Susan will add you to the list after confirming that your membership … Read more…

cr> Telecom Regimes

1996-04-19 Sender: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) Dear c-r, I’m glad to see some serious debate regarding telecom regulation beginning on this list. I’ve put forward the argument that our previous regulatory system was superior to the new Reform-bill regime — the latter being intentionally designed, I claim, to foster a non-competitive, monopolist marketplace. Further, I … Read more…

Re: cr> alternative delivery systems

1996-04-19 Sender: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) 4/19/96, Glen Raphael wrote: >>Richard Moore wrote: <—-***—- [NOT] >>And the alternative delivery systems are a long way from being competitive >>or widely affordable. Have you priced a cellular phone lately? This quote is from Audrie, not me. I wouldn’t seek to base my own arguments on specific spot … Read more…

cr> IP: the freeway is jamming up [ with an editorial comment by djf]

1996-04-19 (Note from moderator: I have Farber’s permission to post his comments, and have excerpted the article that follows. Email me for another article that explains the problem in more detail.–Andy) From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Editorial comment: One of the marks of success is growing pains. It hits companies and societies. The net succeeded. With … Read more…

cr> Censorship–court battle, and those who are impatient with courts

1996-04-19 —————————————————————————– The CDA Challenge, Update #8 —————————————————————————– By Declan McCullagh / •••@••.••• / Redistribute freely —————————————————————————– In this update: BYU/CMU’s Olsen testifies that “-L18” won’t harm the Net Judges realize Olsen is a weasel Chief Judge Sloviter’s incisive questions Who is Donna Rice? A DoJ attorney can’t stop laughing… Closing arguments now set for … Read more…

cr> Terrorism act and civil rights

1996-04-18 (Introduction from moderator: cyber-rights intersect with other rights, and the terrorism bill that President Clinton is pushing so hard for definitely affects cyber-rights issues like wiretapping. So I am taking a news item from the ACLU News 04-17-96. Incidentally, the EFF newsletter I posted yesterday also commented briefly on the bill.–Andy) *ACLU Alerts House … Read more…

cr> alternative delivery systems

1996-04-18 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) >Richard Moore wrote: >And the alternative delivery systems are a long way from being competitive >or widely affordable. Have you priced a cellular phone lately? I live in the San Francisco Bay Area. A company here called Metricom now provides wireless access to the net from anywhere in the Bay … Read more…

Re: cr> Medical Privacy

1996-04-18 On the med-privacy mailing list, Jamie Love of CPT said today that he still opposes the medical privacy law, S. 1360, because it does not address the concerns he has raised in the past. You can find out more about this at http://www.essential.org/cpt/privacy/privacy.html (which our home page links to). Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew … Read more…

cr> conference

1996-04-18 In Hoboken, New Jersey, on May 10, a conference will be held on the effects of the Telecom Act on Libraries. Email me for the announcement. Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram – •••@••.••• – Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) –> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ … Read more…

cr> Information as power

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…