1995-09-08 Sender: James Brazell <•••@••.•••> The policy is called “first right of usage.” Simply by using the domain name you have a legal right to pre-empt a trade mark filled after you are using it. I just went through this and lost our domain name….. Jim On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Henry Huang wrote: > … Read more…
1995-09-08 ============================================================================ VTW BillWatch: A weekly newsletter tracking US Federal legislation affecting civil liberties. BillWatch is published every Friday evening as long as Congress is in session. Congress is: returning to session Issue #17, Date: Thu Sep 7 22:35:25 EDT 1995 Please widely redistribute this document with this banner intact Redistribute no more than two … Read more…
1995-09-08 The Good, the Bad, and the Internet A Conference on Critical Issues in Information Technology October 7 & 8, 1995 Chicago Circle Center, University of Illinois – Chicago 750 South Halsted Chicago, Illinois http://www.cs.uchicago.edu/discussions/cpsr/annual/index.html ________________________________________________________________________ New technologies have been appearing at a dizzying pace. The use of these technologies affect all of us, and … Read more…
1995-09-08 Summary from the moderator: Besides with the many threads that people are actively pursuing on this list, I’d like to return for another look at a couple ideas that have passed by without much attention. (Other people are welcome to do the same thing.) Perhaps this message will prompt some more discussion. If you … Read more…
1995-09-08 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> •••@••.••• wrote: ___________________ (Quoting me:) >news editors … are basically moved by three factors, none >of which is acceptable as a basis for fair information of the public: >a) Personal likes, dislikes and beliefs. >b) Advertising and commercial considerations. >c) Sensationalism. Probably even more important than these is: d) assumptions … Read more…
1995-09-08 Background from moderator: The Clinton Administration has released a major statement on copyright in electronic media. This comes from the same group that released a Green Paper on copyright in July 1994, criticized by legal expert Pamele Samuelson in the Communications of the ACM. The stated goal of the administration group is to promote … Read more…
1995-09-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 01:53:14 -0700 From: Matt York <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> At 06:45 PM 9/4/95 +0100,Richard K. Moore wrote: > > At the request of the Information Society Quarterly, I’ve written a > 10-page article analyzing PFF’s “Magna Carta”. I believe this is > directly … Read more…
1995-09-07 Introduction by moderator: In the following message I just received, the Church of Scientology continues “surfing” the trail of internal documents that former members and critics are posting on the Internet. The site that offended the Church was a re-organization of material from FACTNet, who we’ve heard from already on this mailing list. Andy … Read more…
1995-09-07 Sender: Vigdor Schreibman – FINS <•••@••.•••> When he takes the time, Richard’s writing is always compelling in debunking the ideas of monopoly capitalism. The only defense against this plague on our lives, however, is democracy: empowerment of the individual and collective action to restrain corporate abuse of power supported by an appropriate infrastructure design. … Read more…
1995-09-07 Sender: Vigdor Schreibman – FINS <•••@••.•••> On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> > In fact, the greatest danger to the list is in the unwitting bias his > recent post betrays: America is the only place where the ‘Net must be > discussed, and everyone must always … Read more…