1995-10-11 Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) From the Internet Users Consortium In the latest move in our government’s on-going effort to oulaw strong encryption technology, FBI director, Louis Freeh, has hinted broadly that if the general public does not ‘voluntarily’ accept some sort of public-key encryption, then the FBI might be forced to pursue ‘other options’. … Read more…
1995-10-11 Sender: Lazlo Nibble <•••@••.•••> Maybe I’m just not noticing the controversy, but I think it’s more than a little ironic that I’ve heard all kinds of whinging about the Newt Gingrich article in the current New Yorker but *not one word* about the fact that the issue in question includes a full-frontal nude photo … Read more…
1995-10-11 Pointer from moderator: If you’ve been here since the beginning of the cyber-rights list, you remember that one of the earliest documents we circulated was then-moderator Richard K. Moore’s critique of the Magna Carta from Newt Gingrich’s Progress and Freedom Foundation. Richard has rewritten this analysis and published it in the Information Society journal, … Read more…
1995-10-10 (This is my personal posting; I am not acting as moderator. Please excuse cross-postings. I am posting to lists where these issues are discussed regularly, and where I participate.) Back on September 7, Coralee Whitcomb posted a request from Jamie Love for a document with the title shown above. I thought this was a … Read more…
1995-10-10 Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> On 8 Oct 95 at 1:03, Richard K. Moore wrote: > > Dear CR, > > I wrote the piece at the bottom in response to a question Rob > Frieden posted to telecomreg. > > He evidently found it useful, given his response, immediately below. > > I … Read more…
1995-10-10 Recently I told you all about a Web page I was working on that would offer a hard-hitting criticism of the Communications Decency Act and related bills. I’ve finished the page, although it is always open to suggestions. It’s broad rather than deep, but I think it represents a contribution to the Internet debate … Read more…
1995-10-09 Sender: •••@••.••• (Allan Bradley) >This was the basis for a bill advanced in the California legislature in >1981, by Assemblyman Robinson; it was crushed by the cable interests in >California, who were all too familiar with Pruneyard. Later, we tried >to clarify that electronic communications were equivalent to oral and >written speech, via a … Read more…
1995-10-09 Sender: •••@••.••• Sorry Andy, I have to agree with RKM.. I feel it is ALWAYS better strategy to take the offense than go on the defense! •••@••.••• •••@••.••• @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ On 7 Oct 95 at 1:03, Richard K. Moore wrote: > > Don Porter wrote: > >I have a suspicion that some folks will read … Read more…
1995-10-09 Sender: Glenn van Loggerenberg <•••@••.•••> Hello. I am a Journalism student at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. One of my fourth year courses is Cultural Studies. I am a poor surfer and am asking for your assistance in finding some information. I am interested in the cultural effect of a civilisation relocating its … Read more…
1995-10-09 Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) From: The Internet Users Consortium (•••@••.••• and •••@••.•••) REBIRTH OF OUR RIGHTS The recent discovery of Cyberspace has caused a national reexamination of many aspects of the Bill of Rights. Freedom of the Press is no longer restricted to those who happen to own a Press, as in A.J. Leibling’s … Read more…