1996-03-19 Sender: Charles Bell <•••@••.•••> Richard: Your analysis is brilliant and deserves wide distribution. I assume you would like your ideas brought to the attention of thoughtful people everywhere who have not previously considered these matters from this perspective. It would be easier to gain the respectful attention of such people if you would avoid … Read more…
1996-03-19 Sender: Off The Edge <•••@••.•••> In response to Marilyn’s post, immediately below, I am forwarding along an anouncement I received from the Red Rock Eater. My only comment to Marilyn is in this day of multiple AOL aliases, if somebody wants to flame, they will figure out a way. >But yes, we *can* prosecute … Read more…
1996-03-19 Richard Moore ________________________________________________________________ 1) Artificial-scarcity pricing structure ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There’s only one point of natural scarcity in the architecture of cyberspace, and that is CONSUMER-HOURS. There will be nearly unlimited bandwidth and content offerings available to the info-structure, but each user/consumer has only a limited amount of time that can be spent each day consuming/viewing … Read more…
1996-03-19 Sender: •••@••.••• Message-Id: <199603181901.TAA04161@maalox> Subject: PGP and Human Rights Date: Mon, 18 Mar 1996 12:01:37 -0700 (MST) From: Philip Zimmermann <•••@••.•••> Recently, I received the following letters by email from Central Europe. The letters provides food for thought in our public debates over the role of cryptography in the relationship between a government and … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: Korac <•••@••.•••> On Sat, 16 Mar 1996, Cyber Rights wrote: > 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 … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: John Whiting <•••@••.•••> If Marilyn Davis’ comments on The Political Economy of the Internet are intended as a spoof, they’re very amusing. But if they’re intended as the blueprint for a cyber-future, I’m dusting off my Olivetti. Will the real Dr. Strangelove please stand up? John Whiting Diatribal Press London @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Sender: Dov … Read more…
1996-03-18 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) — Title : TRAFFIC JAMS ON THE INTERNET Type : Press Release NSF Org: OD / LPA Date : March 14, 1996 File : pr968 Media only contact: Beth Gaston March 14, 1996 (703) 306-1070/•••@••.••• NSF PR 96-8 All others contact: Mark Luker (703) 306-1950/•••@••.••• TRAFFIC JAMS ON THE INTERNET: … Read more…
1996-03-18 (Note from moderator: formed by Internet phone vendors, of course.–Andy) COALITION FORMED IN RESPONSE TO PHONE COMPANY ATTEMPTS TO BLOCK INTERNET SERVICES New York, NY, March 18/PRNewswire/ – The “Voice On the Net” (VON) Coalition (http://www.von.org/) announces its formation in response to recent phone company attempts to regulate Internet services. The VON Coalition is … Read more…
1996-03-18 Newsgroups: uva.mailing-list.cda96-l Path: murdoch!mars.itc.Virginia.EDU!mmdf From: “–Todd Lappin–>” <•••@••.•••> Subject: BACKGROUNDER: “Harmful to Minors” X-Nntp-Posting-Host: mars.itc.virginia.edu Message-ID: <•••@••.•••> Sender: •••@••.••• Reply-To: •••@••.••• Organization: University of Virginia Distribution: uva Date: Sat, 16 Mar 1996 01:52:53 GMT Approved: •••@••.••• Lines: 186 I bring more detail about the “harmful to minors” standard used in the “Online Parental Control … Read more…
1996-03-18 Pointer from moderator: Two conferences are coming up of possible interest to readers here. Email me if you want to see the announcement for either of these. The first is “Global Networks Confront National Rules: Examining the Legal Constraints Imposed on the Online Industry in Europe and the US,” sponsored by the Communications Media … Read more…