1996-02-05 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> Subject: Guardian re: US Telecommunications Bill The Guardian didn’t even carry this as a news item, but somebody in editorial saw its importance, which is more than most of the US press seem to have managed. John ###################################### The [London] Guardian February … Read more…
1996-02-05 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Anthony E. Wright) To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Invite to Media and Democracy Congress Dear Telecommunications Roundtable participant: Please join the Center for Media Education and other nonprofits at the upcoming Media & Democracy Congress. It will take place in San Francisco, … Read more…
1996-02-05 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Regulation – is it even technically feasible? While the issues of cyber-rights are critical to all of us, a question has persisted in my mind on this topic of regulation. Given the almost borderless nature of the internet, how will regulation be technically … Read more…
1996-02-05 Arun Mehta > Arun Mehta wrote: > [snip] > >My advocacy of satellite broadcasting of Usenet was not to suggest > >”private” Usenet, rather a means to make it more public. Those that > >not have access to all of Usenet today, and most don’t, should be a > >get it cheap. Cable modems … Read more…
1996-02-05 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 12:38:46 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: “Nations see Internet..” To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) From: Mike Ang <•••@••.•••> “Nations see Internet as threat to security” made the front page of the Saturday _Globe and Mail_. There are some really nice lines in the … Read more…
1996-02-04 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sun, 04 Feb 1996 19:10:52 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: Computer Law Observer — for the non-lawyer. [not endorsing the legal opinions djf] To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) Date: 29 Jan 1996 18:01:16 -0500 From: •••@••.••• Subject: The Computer Law Observer #16 ===================================== GENERAL INFO: The Computer … Read more…
1996-02-04 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:50:29 -0600 From: Donna Hoffman <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Net is Mainstream and Votes! _________________________________________________________________ Cyberspace to Congress: The Net is Mainstream — and it Votes! By Professor Donna L. Hoffman You would think from the way that Congress is rushing to censor “indecency” on … Read more…
1996-02-04 Richard Moore Send this message to •••@••.••• And accomplish this (hopefully) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ help get general command information unsubscribe cyber-rights remove yourself from the list set cyber-rights get your current option settings set cyber-rights mail postpone no messages will be sent to you until you change mode again set cyber-rights mail digest New messages … Read more…
1996-02-03 Richard Moore Dear C-R, “The Committee”, a legendary San Francisco comedy team, had a little skit that captures the mood of this (post Deform Act) day: The spotlight comes up on a TV on-the-scene reporter (recognized by microphone prop in hand): “Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a test… World War III has just … Read more…
1996-02-03 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Rick Crawford) To: “Multiple recipients of list •••@••.•••” Subject: Democracy Hosed by Telecom Dildo: Mass-Mediated Mutilation Democracy Hosed by Telecom Dildo: Mass-Mediated Mutilation Although a cursory review of some archived list material turned up numerous examples of indecency, I found nothing comparable to yesterday’s … Read more…