cr> Censorship issues (including new Eshoo bill)

1996-03-18 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cr> PBS / Firing Line special on Telecom Bill okay, who’s going to review the firing line special for IMAGINE? contact me if you are objective, fair, a good writer and can make a may 18 deadline! g @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: Cyber-Rights Feedback In a message dated 96-03-16 … Read more…

Re: Letter to the Minister of Justice

1996-03-18 Sender: Dov Wisebrod <•••@••.•••> >With all due respect, could you briefly, in short bullets, summarize >the issue, potential problems and remedies, in non-legalese….for >all of us non-lawyers out here? I’m sorry. The letter, while far from legalese (I’ve seen some dandies), was necessarily complex in order to be as accurate and precise as possible. … Read more…

Re: cr> The Political Economy of the Internet: a new essay by Strangelov

1996-03-17 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) > Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> > Cyberspace, however, is only a means of communication through which > such forces can operate. In itself, it has no direct power for good > or evil, unless one is convinced that, like Scientology, it exerts > some sort of hypnotic influence. It cannot … Read more…

cr> Pointers from moderator

1996-03-17 A number of interesting announcements were forwarded to me, but the length of today’s postings were getting so long that I decided not to post them. Let me know if you want to see any of the following. * A call for papers for the fifth Infowar conference in Washington, D.C. on September 5-6. … Read more…

cr> Virtual Poetry

1996-03-17 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> My rhetorical lament on the passing of the Internet seems to have sparked off a serious discussion of alternatives. All of them rely on a dedicated corps of technicians with a common ethical/ philosophical orientation. (In today’s terminology, such a paradigm is unequivocally “elitist”, a useless and even harmful neologism.) … Read more…

Re: cr> Leahy bill nightmare scenario?

1996-03-17 Sender: David Cloutman <•••@••.•••> On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Cyber Rights wrote: > From: jim bell <•••@••.•••> > > In case any of you people still think that Leahy bill ostensibly freeing up > encryption is “progress,” the following scenario is provided for your > consideration: > > “Bob” runs an encrypted remailer. His … Read more…

Re: cr> internet telephony

1996-03-17 Sender: Ed Frankenberry <•••@••.•••> Arun asks: > Does anyone know whether there is/would be a possibility > of using Internet telephony without the ISP at this end finding out that > this is what users are doing via their Internet connections? There is no practical way for the telecom monopoly to prevent use of … Read more…

cr> PBS / Firing Line special on Telecom Bill

1996-03-17 Sender: Greg Hardison <•••@••.•••> FYI —– FIRING LINE SPECIAL DEBATE Friday, March 22, 1996 (9-11:00 pm ET) “Resolved: Cyberspace Doesn’t Need Special Protection From Smut” (w.t.) –This program, hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. and moderated by Michael Kinsley, plunges into the divisive issues of the telecommunications bill currently before Congress — a bill … Read more…

Re: cr> Andreeson: Phone co. equipment “rapidly becoming useless?”

1996-03-17 Arun Mehta > Netscape > Communications within six months will build voice software for > making low-cost long distance calls via the Internet into its > Navigator program Good news! Our telecom monopoly, which offers the only full Internet connection available to the general public, specifically prohibits its use for telephony, thus trying to … Read more…

cr> Andreeson: Phone co. equipment “rapidly becoming useless?”

1996-03-17 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ****Netscape To Build Telephony Into Navigator Source: Newsbytes COOLUM, AUSTRALIA, 1996 MAR 13 (NB) via Individual Inc. — Netscape Communications within six months will build voice software for making low-cost long distance calls via the Internet into its Navigator program, the company’s co-founder and vice president of technology, Marc Andreesen, … Read more…