1996-03-16 Sender: “David Heck” <David.Heck> I agree! Organize and get involved. I just signed up with the NFIB and they seem to be aware of the problems posed by this legislation, and will be sending out surveys to members, and forwarding our concerns as small business owners to the appropriate congress critters (VON, CDA, Telco … Read more…
1996-03-16 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> I suspect that Michael Strangelove is confusing virtual with corporeal reality, as if in an effort to give a spurious formal structure to John Howard Barlow’s powerful but rhetorical metaphor. One can speak meaningfully of a conflict of interest or of jurisdiction between nation-states and multinational corporations because both are … Read more…
1996-03-16 Sender: “David Heck” <David.Heck> I agree with your assesment….but after reading Vernor Vinge’s _A Fire Upon The Deep_, establishing an orbital, independent colony with networking/satellite capabilities, that could function similarly to the scenario described in Vinge’s fictoin has been a favorite reverie of late…escapist perhaps, but also passive-agressive. If a coalition of ‘independent’ individuals … Read more…
1996-03-16 Sender: tony <•••@••.•••> Why should there be a difference between the rights a person has as a US resident and the rights one has as a member of cyberspace? We are limited in how explicit we can be outside of the internet; why should it be different inside? I think people are getting censorship … Read more…
1996-03-16 Richard Moore Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Susan Klopfer) To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Life on the Internet (PBS) Subject: “Life on the Internet” 13 part PBS series coming next month See http://www.pbs.org/april96/internetaprilpr.html for details. Susan Klopfer **** VANATECH PRESS ****= You’re invited to take a peek at SUSAN’S LITTLE … Read more…
1996-03-15 I have read a great deal on various mailing lists about the petition to the FCC and have developed a few positions I would like to share. I am doing this as an individual, not as moderator. The issue: several companies and free software offerings allow users to talk to each other in real-time … Read more…
1996-03-15 Sender: “Michael Strangelove” <•••@••.•••> Here are the first few paragraphs from an essay on the relationship between of freedom of speech on the Net and the “statehood” of cyberspace. I am trying to define the role of values (ethics) in the new culture of online speech and am searching for sources/theories that will help … Read more…
1996-03-15 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> It was a rhetorical lament. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Andrew Oram – •••@••.••• – Moderator: CYBER-RIGHTS (CPSR) Cyber-Rights: http://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/ ftp://www.cpsr.org/cpsr/nii/cyber-rights/Library/ CyberJournal: (WWW or FTP) –> ftp://ftp.iol.ie/users/rkmoore Materials may be reposted in their _entirety_ for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~-~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
1996-03-15 Sender: Robert Cannon <•••@••.•••> At 05:46 PM 3/14/96 -0800, you wrote: >Sender: “David E. Anderson” <•••@••.•••> > >If cyber-rights’ home page disparages Malaysia and somone in Malaysia reads >it, who is liable? If Malaysia prosecuted, would the US government defend us? The United States government would not defend us. This is a Jurisdiction question; … Read more…
1996-03-15 Craig A. Johnson What does this smell like? –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 11:38:21 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: Strassmann/Marlow Response About Remailers To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To: Whomever This May Concern We find that a report by a Mr. Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger citing our alleged statements at a … Read more…