Month: November 1995

1995-11-20 Sender: Coalition to stop net censorship <•••@••.•••> ======================================================================== CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS (INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT AND THE MGRS AMDT) Short Update: Negotiations continue; we’re still in danger. What You Can Do Now: Call Telecomm conferees at their home offices over Thanksgiving recess! CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL … Read more…

1995-11-17 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) >> > In a direct blow to diversity, the bill raises the percentage >> > of national audience that a single person or company can reach >> > from 25% to 35%. >> >> If I’m reading this right, then why isn’t it 100%? “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> writes: >If … Read more…

1995-11-17 Sender: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Jim Warren) ~–<snip>–~ The “PROFS Notes” Case & Retention of Federal Records The PROFS Notes case has sought to prevent the destruction of Federal and Presidential Records and to establish management of Electronic records consistent with the Federal Records law and Legislative intent. … Read more…

1995-11-17 Pointers from moderator: The Legal Group for the Internet in Canada (LoGIC) calls on authors of legal essays and articles to submit their work for presentation on the World Wide Web. Look at http://www.io.org/~logic/papers/solicit.htm or ask me for a copy of their complete notice. I think the proposed U.S. Senate bill about medical records … Read more…

1995-11-16 (Moderator’s note: CIX is the main organization in the U.S. representing Internet service providers. The full text of the posting is in our ftp site in the Net-Suppression directory at the end of the Church-of-Scientology-Raids article.–Andy) Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> My comment: I think that this will be an increasingly important issue for … Read more…

1995-11-16 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) David, In response to your message: Yes. History has shown us nothing good. But that doesn’t mean that something good can’t come of the future. And, I may be all that you project, but that doesn’t make me wrong. Facts are facts. 1 divided by 0 is infinity, even when … Read more…

1995-11-15 Introduction from moderator: A month ago we were engaged in a productive discussion about encryption, kicked off by a proposal by the powerful Council of Europe to outlaw all forms of encryption (such as PGP) except those to which governments held keys. Then we got sidetracked from this issue. In the hopes of stimulating … Read more…

1995-11-15 Sender: Martin Janzen <•••@••.•••> Re. Time/Warner’s “Reinventing America” game, •••@••.••• writes: >[…] >But where is the place to critique the basic assumption that a balanced >budget is the ultimate good? > >And where is the place to critique just WHY it is ALL OF THE SUDDEN the >ultimate good? >[…] A fair criticism. But … Read more…

1995-11-15 Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 02:22:51 -0500 From: Marita Moll <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Canadians Form a National Alliance NEWS RELEASE OTTAWA, NOVEMBER 8, 1995 For Immediate Release Canadians Form a National Alliance! A broad cross-section of Canadians have formed the Alliance for a Connected Canada. The group’s purpose is … Read more…

1995-11-15 Sender: “Mario Profaca, Freelancer; Zagreb, Croatia” <•••@••.•••> On Tue, 14 Nov 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > Sender: “Mario Profaca, Freelancer; Zagreb, Croatia” <•••@••.•••> > Subject: Croatian flag in Cyberspace <deleted> That message of mine posted by Andrew Oram – •••@••.••• – Moderator CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) – appeared here too late. In the meantime it already … Read more…