Month: September 1995

1995-09-25 Pointer from moderator: For readers in that part of the world, or readers elsewhere who want to compare their own country’s methods of promoting competition with those taken elsewhere, a fairly readable paper on New Zealand’s government policy appears at http://www.govt.nz/ps/min/com/telecom/ under the name “Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Postal Policy.” Andy ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by — … Read more…

1995-09-25 Introduction from moderator: The following message contains more background about the Council of Europe’s recommendation regarding cryptography. It comes from a posting to other lists and is reprinted by permission from Ross Anderson. Andy @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ According to an article in `Communications Week International’, the 34-nation Council of Europe has agreed to outlaw strong encryption … Read more…

1995-09-23 Sender: •••@••.••• ************************************************* THE COMPUTER LAW REPORT ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES ************************************************* The Computer Law Report – the FREE monthly e-mail report for nonlawyers – is beginning an important series on the recently released Clinton Administration White Paper. The White Paper analyzes how intellectual property law applies to cyberspace and makes legislative recommendations to Congress … Read more…

1995-09-23 Sender: •••@••.••• (David S. Bennahum) >The measure would expand the definition of child pornography to include any >photograph, film, videotape or computer image produced by any means, >including electronically by computer, if it depicts or appears to depict a >minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct. I would like to write an article about artists … Read more…

1995-09-23 Sender: •••@••.••• I enjoyed this rather long post. Mr. Bradley makes some interesting points. They seem to mirror Mr. Schreibman on the importance of setting the structure of the Internet to insure access. ess I wonder if the natural gas pipeline is not a better analogy to the Internet than the railroad. The deregulation … Read more…

1995-09-23 Introduction from moderator: You’ve all heard of PGP, and most of you know that the many governments are trying in one way or another (the Clipper standard in the U.S.) to undermine it and substitute a form of encryption that the government can crack. The battle escalated on September 18 when a group called … Read more…

1995-09-23 Sender: Lazlo Nibble <•••@••.•••> > I fail to see how competition would increase cost of production. It seems pretty straightforward to me. Say I run a store of some kind. My supplier offers progressive discounts based on the volume of items I purchase — the more I buy from him, the lower my price … Read more…

1995-09-22 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Guntheroth) There are people on this list who are so afraid that a monopoly might dominate cyberspace that they are unwilling even to consider market pricing of content or service. I don’t know what these people propose instead, or even if they have a plan. If their plan involves running into … Read more…

1995-09-22 Pointer from moderator: The following posting is long, so I have cut the major background material (the part titled “The Jesse Hirsh Case”). However, the whole document is on our ftp site in the Net-Suppression directory under the name Anarchives-on-Arrest. I encourage you to read it because it says a lot about the rights … Read more…

1995-09-22 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) My fellow SMUG member Clint Craft (•••@••.•••) writes: >The >perceived value of unfettered competition is the lowest possible price >point for the “consumer.” Yes. And also the highest possible level of service. The cheaper and better access gets, the easier it will be for the people who need it to … Read more…