Richard Moore

1995-09-07 Introduction by moderator: In the following message I just received, the Church of Scientology continues “surfing” the trail of internal documents that former members and critics are posting on the Internet. The site that offended the Church was a re-organization of material from FACTNet, who we’ve heard from already on this mailing list. Andy … Read more…

1995-09-07 Sender: Vigdor Schreibman – FINS <•••@••.•••> When he takes the time, Richard’s writing is always compelling in debunking the ideas of monopoly capitalism. The only defense against this plague on our lives, however, is democracy: empowerment of the individual and collective action to restrain corporate abuse of power supported by an appropriate infrastructure design. … Read more…

1995-09-07 Sender: Vigdor Schreibman – FINS <•••@••.•••> On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> > In fact, the greatest danger to the list is in the unwitting bias his > recent post betrays: America is the only place where the ‘Net must be > discussed, and everyone must always … Read more…

1995-09-07 Subject: national e-democracy (fwd) ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 09:55:54 +0000 From: •••@••.••• To: Non Receipt Notification Requested <•••@••.•••> Subject: national e-democracy In response to the request for information about facts at the national level, the below text indicates that Sweden would like to start a G7 project on e-democracy … Read more…

1995-09-07 Henry Huang On Sep 6, 1:22, Steve Eppley wrote: > What happens if a domain name gets trademarked *after* the domain > name is assigned? Shouldn’t the holder of the domain name be > allowed to keep it? > > I couldn’t tell from the post what the policy would be, and whether > … Read more…

1995-09-06 A pointer to information, from the moderator… Action is heating up again around the major cyber-rights issue of the day in the U.S.–the telecommunications reform acts passed by the two houses of Congress, and in particular the censorship provisions. First out (since Congressional recess) with a strategy for fighting the censorship provisions is the … Read more…

1995-09-06 Sender: •••@••.••• I have been educated and enlightened by Mr. Schreibman’s posts to this group, and sincerely hope he will continue his participation. We seem to be of one mind on many issues. If I had received such crude mail, I would want it to be posted also, if for no other reason than … Read more…

1995-09-06 Sender: •••@••.••• LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> wrote on 9/2/95: >news editors … are basically moved by three factors, none >of which is acceptable as a basis for fair information of the public: >a) Personal likes, dislikes and beliefs. >b) Advertising and commercial considerations. >c) Sensationalism. Probably even more important than these is: d) assumptions about … Read more…

1995-09-06 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Henry Huang wrote: [snip] >The bottom line is that before applying for a domain name, a search >should be performed to make sure that it does not infringe a >registered trademark. [snip] What happens if a domain name gets trademarked *after* the domain name is assigned? Shouldn’t the holder of … Read more…

1995-09-06 Sender: Andrew Mark <•••@••.•••> The use of the ‘Net for facilitating access to the legislative process and making the individual’s opinions known isn’t far off, though the problem of biometrically authenticating the keyboard operator must be addressed first. And that’s not far off… Andrew Mark SMART TONE, INC. Voice: 212.721.0332 205 West End Avenue … Read more…