1995-09-05 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> Andy, I don’t want to bore anyone by reposting that long exchange of yours, but here are two short reactions, hoping the context remains clear: 1. Whatever Vigdor thinks, cyber-rights is not only for Americans, I hope. Richard, Arun and I, from our respective continents, certainly take strong exception to … Read more…
1995-09-05 Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) Who wrote this…? > Which is exactly the problem. I would invite all to pick up a copy >of Lawrence K. Grossman’s recently published book, _The Electronic Democracy_. >Leaving the big decisions to a few puts people “out of direct decision making >and diminishes public participation and involvement.” Like what … Read more…
1995-09-05 Richard Moore Sender: Richard K. Moore At the request of the Information Society Quarterly, I’ve written a 10-page article analyzing PFF’s “Magna Carta”. This article is much improved over the Magna Carta critique I published early this year, and which was one of the primary threads leading to the establishment of the cyber-rights campaign. … Read more…
1995-09-04 Sender: •••@••.••• (Craig A. Johnson) Vigdor Schreibman wrote on 2 September: >Oram claims that what Craig Johnson posted was >”a press release by the Church of Scientology” which Johnson did not >learn of until later. This is patently false. What Johnson posted was a >statement and fund raiser issued by the directors of FACTNet, … Read more…
1995-09-04 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> > U.S. Marshals seized computer equipment and files Friday >from an Arlington man charged with posting copyrighted materials >on the Internet criticizing the Church of Scientology. In these modern times, shouldn’t this seizure be considered a violation of the Constitution? Isn’t it unreasonable to seize someone’s computer as evidence, when … Read more…
1995-09-04 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Andy Oram wrote: [snip] >The components of online democracy I’ve heard of include: > 1. Email between legislators and constituents. > 2. Online voting on individual issues (referenda). > 3. Government information online (bills, voting records, > regulations). > 4. Forums like “electronic town halls” for candidates to > express … Read more…
1995-09-04 Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) >All of this pleads not for a government hands-off policy, but on the >contrary for judicious and publicly-controlled government intervention. As >far as I know, the better-informed countries are those where both private >and public information channels exist side by side with comparable scope, >for instance England, Canada or France … Read more…
1995-09-04 Henry Huang This snippet comes to you courtesy the Computer Law Report, Aug. 1995. -H — — Forwarded mail from •••@••.••• ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 -New domain name registration rules ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Network Solutions, Inc. is a private corporation that receives funding from the National Science Foundation for managing the Internic (Internet Network Information Center) Registration Services. … Read more…