WIRED 3.12 CRN

1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson With the passage of the “indecency” regulations, small to medium sized ISPs may well find themselves at sea in trying to interpret and come into compliance with the law. , the call to treat ISPs as common carriers with regard to content has gained new currency with the passage of the … Read more…

cr> Telecom Post #21

1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson A first-rate summary of some of the sticky issues of the bill other than censorship. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 10:45:03 -0600 From: •••@••.••• Subject: Telecom Post #21 ==================================================== ################ ############# ################ ## # ## ############# ## ### # ### ### # # # ## # ### ### ## … Read more…

cr> NY Times: “what Congress never should have written”

1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson The lead editorial in today’s New York Time is a welcome show of support to the ACLU court challenge of the “indecency” provisions of the telecom act. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ (Excerpt) The New York Times, Friday, February 9, 1996 FIXING COMMUNICATIONS LAW “First Amendment advocates rushed into court yesterday to block the … Read more…

cr> ACLU press conference; Paris Encryption Summit

1996-02-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> To: Cyber.Rights.Co-Leaders Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 Subject: Press Conference and lost encryption file ~–<snip>–~ Do one of you guys have that encryption thing from that ex-NSA spook, Stewart Baker, that I was going to post, but never got around to it. I think we should … Read more…

Degrees of Freedom (fwd)

1996-02-08 Henry Huang Maybe the best take on the subject I’ve heard so far. Forwarded from the Cypherpunks list. -H — — Forwarded mail from •••@••.••• (Timothy C. May) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:49:07 -0800 X-Sender: •••@••.••• Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Timothy C. May) Subject: Degrees of Freedom V-CHIP … Read more…

cr> IP: brooklyn filing on CDA

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 17:32:52 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: brooklyn iling on CDA And the text of the separate complaint filed in Brooklyn today challenging the CDA provisions restricting online speech about abortion may be found at http://www.cais.com/agm/telecomp.htm A link at the same site indicates that … Read more…

cr> ACLU: To All Plaintiffs in Online Decency Lawsuit

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson This from the ACLU’s New York office. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:36:18 -0500 Subject: To All Plaintiffs in Online Decency Lawsuit To all Plaintiffs in the Online Decency Lawsuit: This morning we filed the lawsuit in Philadelphia. Judge Buckwalter, to whom the lawsuit was assigned, held a hearing … Read more…

CR Web Page Updated

1996-02-08 Henry Huang Just in time for the lawsuit, the CR Web Page has finally been updated. Mostly minor changes; the biggest difference is the addition of a new page to track the CDA lawsuits. Plus some temporary aesthetic changes to conform to the VTW’s black-out campaign, and the EFF’s Blue Ribbon Campaign. -H ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ … Read more…

cr> The American Reporter files injunction

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 06:23:34 -0800 (PST) Sender: Joe Shea <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cr> ACLU seeks restraining order The American Reporter will be going into Federal court at about 10:30 a.m. EST this morning in New York to seek injunctive relief from the Communications Decency Act after having published … Read more…

cr> ACLU seeks restraining order

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson The ACLU will go to court today after the President signs the telecom bill (11:00 AM EST) in order to seek a temporary restraining order against the “indecency” provisions of the act. A press release and packet will be available at the ACLU Web site — <http://www.aclu.org>. CPSR’s Web site will … Read more…