1995-09-14 Sender: •••@••.••• (Douglas Tooley) >Sender: •••@••.••• > >In a message dated 95-09-08 17:37:45 EDT, you write: > >> Many believe that bringing the NII to every person is an important >> goal, > >An answer may lie in converting the voting booths which populate the polling >places which we use now. Instead of a … Read more…
1995-09-14 [cr-95/9/13] Sender: •••@••.••• (Charlayne Beavers) Did anyone else hear about Microsoft and others (IBM and maybe apple as well as other software companies) teaming up to look into creating some sort of policing effort for the web and other internet services? Does anyone else have more details. It was a quick sound bite on … Read more…
1995-09-14 Pointer from moderator: A symposium on “Computers & The Law” will be held in Tampa, Florida on Nov. 12-15, sponsored by the Sun User Group. Representatives from both the FBI and the EFF will speak. Email me if you want the announcement. Contact the organizers at •••@••.•••, on the Web Page http://sug.org, or (617) … Read more…
1995-09-13 Sender: MARK STAHLMAN <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: PFF Agenda Folks: Give up on the Magna Carta. It’s dead, dead, dead. There was no attempt to discuss it at this year’s event and there is no plan to revive it. It was a camel (horse designed by committee) to begin with and it will never get … Read more…
1995-09-13 Sender: David Cloutman <•••@••.•••> On Mon, 4 Sep 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > 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 … Read more…
1995-09-13 Sender: Mike <•••@••.•••> Law of the Internet: Compliance in Cyberspace November 15-16, 1995 – Stouffer Renaissance Hotel – Arlington, VA – $949 At this conference, you will gain a clearer understanding of the emerging area of “cyberlaw” and it’s many elements. See how legal guidelines are being adapted to the growing Internet, and how … Read more…
1995-09-12 [The following was written by Wally Bowen of Citizens for Media Literacy in Asheville, N.C. Copyright 1995. Cross-posting permitted.] The spate of media mergers are being announced in anticipation of passage of The Telecommunications Deregulation and Competition Act of 1995. This legislation is the first re-writing of our communications laws since the Communications Act … Read more…
1995-09-12 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> > Summary from the moderator: > > If people on this list like this kind of direction-setting, I’ll try > to do it regularly. Here’s one who does. Great idea. > Overly zealous raids > > they didn’t have to > confiscate the systems. To prove copyright infringement, all they … Read more…
1995-09-12 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Connie Page wrote: >They feel that rather than have to prove to the court that the >evidence on disk or tape is what was on the hard drive of a particular >computer, they will simply present the entire computer system. This way >there are fewer problems in proof. This evidence … Read more…
1995-09-12 Sender: •••@••.••• In a message dated 95-09-08 17:37:45 EDT, you write: > Many believe that bringing the NII to every person is an important > goal, An answer may lie in converting the voting booths which populate the polling places which we use now. Instead of a paper ballot with a small punch to … Read more…