cr> re: Barlow & Stahlman (selected)

1996-02-14 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 Sender: Gordon Cook <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: How ‘Bout Some Context, Please Mark sez: What was and is intended to replace (or more likely displace) the nation-state is some form of “one-world” government. Cook: you mean like the global information infrastructure commission sponsored by Diana Lady Duggan? … Read more…

cr> WIRED 4.03: “Don’t Mourn, Organize!”

1996-02-14 Craig A. Johnson There’s more than a little wisdom in these words for those of us who watched the CDA gain more and more potency as it progressed from Committee markup to the Senate and House floor votes, and finally through the conference committee. What can we do in the future to move beyond … Read more…

cr> EFF: Has the CDA fallen? (long)

1996-02-14 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: EFFector Online Volume 09 No. 02 Feb. 14, 1995 •••@••.••• Subject: The CDA: Has It Fallen? Can It Get Up? ———————————————– [Redistribute at will.] In the days after the passage of the unconstitutional “Communications Decency Act” as part of the Telecom bill, the CDA appears to be toppling just … Read more…

cr> Compuserve Ends Sex Ban

1996-02-14 Craig A. Johnson In a front page story in today’s New York Times, Peter Lewis reports that Compuserve has ended its ban on access to sex-related sites. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ The New York Times, Wednesday, February 14, 1996 (Excerpt) COMPUSERVE ENDS ITS BAN ON SEX MATERIAL By Peter H. Lewis “Citing a desire to leave … Read more…

cr> New moderator account

1996-02-14 Richard Moore Cyber-Rights is now being moderated from <•••@••.•••>. During the switchover, from 2/9 to 2/13, submitted postings were lost. Please resubmit anything from that period you still want to publish, to the usual address (•••@••.•••). -rkm

cr> ACLU et. al. v. Reno

1996-02-14 Craig A. Johnson As we wait for the Government’s response to and the judge’s decision (expected today or tomorrow) on the ACLU’s request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against the “communications decency” provisions of the telecom bill, it is heartening to the leadership team here at Cyber Rights that we have … Read more…

cr> IP: COMPUSERVE LAUNCHES INTERNET-ONLY SERVICE

1996-02-14 Craig A. Johnson A taste of things to come… –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1996 01:18:39 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: COMPUSERVE LAUNCHES INTERNET-ONLY SERVICE COMPUSERVE LAUNCHES INTERNET-ONLY SERVICE CompuServe has started a new Internet-only service called Sprynet, offering unlimited access for a flat fee of $19.95 a month. At the … Read more…

cr> Stahlman: “Enemies of Liberty”

1996-02-13 Craig A. Johnson Mark Stahlman wrote this piece as an initial response to John Perry Barlow’s “One Man’s Declaration of Independence in Cyberspace” posted here on 2/10. Yesterday’s “cr> Stahlman on J.P. Barlow” was a clarification of the context of this earlier piece, as a result of a request put to Mark by several … Read more…

cr> Stahlman on J.P. Barlow

1996-02-12 Craig A. Johnson I encourage readers to take a look at both the Barlow piece, posted on 10 February, and Mark Stahlman’s reactions to it. Though these postings are at a higher level of abstraction than we normally run on this list, the issues that motivate them are what we discuss on a daily … Read more…

cr> UPDATE: Leahy Proposes Repeal of Communications Decency

1996-02-12 Craig A. Johnson Senator Leahy, the knight of the Net, has struck another blow for online decency. Thanks to Todd Lappin for getting this out so quickly. –caj ====================================================== Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 17:08:57 -0800 (PST) To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (–Todd Lappin–>) Subject: UPDATE: Leahy Proposes Repeal of Communications Decency Act Senator Patrick … Read more…