1995-10-16 Sender: •••@••.••• (Douglas Tooley) Ms. Diviney’s correspondence on election law (attached) is a fairly straightforward interpretation of existing Washington State PDC election law. In spite of the presentation this is not new policy, rather only an interpretation, and one that has been worked on by others including myself, the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, … Read more…
1995-10-16 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > To detect pornographers and criminals, the [European] commission is > seeking legal powers to prevent people from using secret codes on the > Internet which it cannot crack. > > But Dr. Peter Lammer, managing director of a supplier of encryption … Read more…
1995-10-16 Sender: •••@••.••• (Doug Walker) At 2:04 AM 10/14/95, Cyber Rights wrote: >Sender: “G.S. Aikens” <•••@••.•••> > >Here’s an example of The Censorship Chill causing a business to shut down >its many-to-many communcation forum. > I’m sorry, but I see this as a RESPONSIBLE company VOLUENTARILY policing themselves. It is “Nintendo” afterall, and their target … Read more…
1995-10-16 Update from moderator: It’s important to hear good news every once in a while. Many will remember how a Bulletin Board Operator in Arizona, Lorne Shantz, was arrested this past May because somebody had uploaded pornography to his bulletin board without his knowledge. The Grand Jury has just refused to indict him, so the … Read more…
1995-10-16 Pointers from moderator: The most recent newsletter (BillWatch 20) by Voters Telecommunications Watch contains an interesting essay on the idea of generalized cryptography facilities (rather than making each program build in its own encryption). Email me if you don’t get BillWatch and would like to see this issue. Libraries are central information dispensaries for … Read more…
1995-10-14 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Allan Bradley wrote: [snip] >The main difference is that the Internet is software based (TCP/IP) >and therefore highly programmable – the drawback is that it is slow >and unpredictable (jerky video) [snip] A couple suggestions for dealing with jerky video: 1) Buffer the video stream in the recipient’s machine. 2) … Read more…
1995-10-14 Sender: “G.S. Aikens” <•••@••.•••> Here’s an example of The Censorship Chill causing a business to shut down its many-to-many communcation forum. G Scott Aikens ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 12:25:20 +0100 From: Henk van de Goor <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Nintendo shuts down WebChat because pornography distribution How about his … Read more…
1995-10-14 Sender: •••@••.••• (Christopher Long) You may be pleased to hear of a news report in today’s Daily Telegraph (London 02-10-95): A European Commission plan to police the use of secret codes in electronic mail appears certain to fail. To detect pornographers and criminals, the commission is seeking legal powers to prevent people from using … Read more…
1995-10-13 Pointer from moderator: Discussion is going on in the Computer underground Digest about two legal activities affecting electronic networks, one in Minnesota and the other in Michigan. In Minnesota, the Attorney General has issued a memorandum warning that any activity that anyone using an electronic network to break a law in the state can … Read more…
1995-10-13 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allan Bradley) >Sender: Robert Jacobson <•••@••.•••> > >Allan Bradley and I are on the same wavelength. I do not agree, however, >that “how we debate technological issues is irrelevant to the fact that >technology will be with us,” or words to that extent. The discourse we >enter has much to do with … Read more…