1996-03-12 Sender: T Bruce Tober <•••@••.•••> In message <•••@••.•••>, Cyber Rights <cyber- •••@••.•••> writes > >A letter protesting the bill follows. > >I’m no John Perry Barlow–I believe in people getting paid for their Add Bill Gates to that list. In his “book” he calls for writers to “sacrifice” and provide material for free or … Read more…
1996-03-12 Sender: Elissa <•••@••.•••> I am writing an article for my college newspaper on the Telecommunications Reform Act and it’s ban of discussion of abortion and birth control issues on the internet. I have been researching on the internet, yet I don’t feel as if I’m getting enough information. Any information you can give me … Read more…
1996-03-12 Sender: Bill W Smith Jr <•••@••.•••> At 06:51 PM 3/11/96 -0800, you wrote: >Sender: Off the Edge <•••@••.•••> > >>As I see it, there is no way that America Online, Compuserve, IQuest and >others will be >able to match the AT&T offer; > > I must have missed something because I didn’t see anything … Read more…
1996-03-11 (The petition to the FCC was not truly calling for a modem tax (in the sense that the old rumors and hoaxes used to alarm us about), but the following efforts look pretty much like what was predicted. Virginia is not actually involved–this week it’s Washington state and Florida. These come from Jim Warren’s … Read more…
1996-03-11 Sender: “Audrie Krause” <•••@••.•••> Ed – Thanks for the clarification. I’m forwarding your message to the cyber-rights folks who are working on this issue. I’ll stick with “bypass” in the future. Audrie To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: FCC Sets Comment Date for Internet Phone Challenge Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 00:13:38 -0500 From: Ed Frankenberry … Read more…
1996-03-11 (Reprinted from other mailing lists with the author’s permission.–Andy) 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 system forwards mail whose contents he cannot read, even if … Read more…
1996-03-11 Commentary by moderator: Remember the Green Paper (and then White Paper) on copyright put out by the Clinton Administration? They proposed making it a criminal act to do any kind of distribution of copyrighted material on your own (such as emailing a copy of something to a friend) and perhaps even storing material on … Read more…
1996-03-11 Sender: Off the Edge <•••@••.•••> >As I see it, there is no way that America Online, Compuserve, IQuest and others will be >able to match the AT&T offer; I must have missed something because I didn’t see anything original in the “5 hours free, $19.95 unlimited” offer. Seriusly, could you please explain to the … Read more…
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1996-03-11 Richard Moore ________________________________________________________________ 3/09/96, Andy Oram wrote: >The issues I’ve seen discussed on the net are: > > 1. The suggestion that ISPs pay more for their connections > would radically change an emerging industry with great > significance. Therefore, steps should be taken cautiously > and with a view toward what is best … Read more…