1996-04-03 Sender: •••@••.••• In a message dated 96-03-31 22:35:13 EST, you write: > “We will work with our foreign counterparts to achieve justice,” >Reno added. “International teamwork is being applied to international >crime.” Okay, I was wondering what the CPSR position is on the wiretaps? Do yau all think, like I that the DOJ’s use … Read more…
1996-04-03 Sender: •••@••.••• (Glen Raphael) A few recent posts by Paul Rozenberg and by Richard Moore were based on a view of “the robber barons” which I take issue with. Richard wants internet regulation in order to “protect competition”. I feel such regulation will inevitably restrict competition more than it protects it. Our disagreement over … Read more…
1996-04-03 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> CR> Now then, if you, as an equal partner in our list have an CR> objection to finding some sort of group consensus, please CR> explain. I’m sure all of us on the list would love to have consensus: we just don’t want it pushed down our throats. Marilyn, the … Read more…
1996-04-03 Taxpayer Assets Project has released a newsletter about Direct Broadcast Satellite, which is “a technology used to provide television via small satellite dishes, such is offered by DirecTV, and it may be used for other multimedia or data services in the future.” They are protesting the attempt of one company to increase their share … Read more…
1996-04-03 Sender: URS GATTIKER <•••@••.•••> I just wanted to reply to Torres’ comment about our survey…. the Pentagon has nothing to do with it… and the University of German Federal Forces is an insitution which trains officers but the professors are all civilians like myself. Sorry Mr. Torres, your suspicion is unjustified… Cordially urs e. … Read more…
1996-04-03 Craig A. Johnson I am going to say this one more time. The Cyber Rights list *is not* and cannot be a political vehicle for somebody’s half-baked thoughts on a subject she/he know little about. I will make no other replies to Ms. Davis, but if I find out a press release goes out … Read more…
1996-04-02 Richard Moore >From: John Young <•••@••.•••> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 To: •••@••.••• Subject: PIR_ate 3-31-96. NYT: “Sold Out.” By James Boyle, American University law professor We are in the middle of an information land grab and no one seems to have noticed. Congress is now considering the Administration’s proposal for intellectual property on … Read more…
1996-04-02 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 2, 1996 PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS COMMENT ON “OPEN VIDEO SYSTEMS;” ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA LAUNCHES GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT “CABLE-LITE” Washington, D.C. — In a regulatory filing with the FCC, a coalition of public interest and consumer-advocacy organizations yesterday raised concerns that the new “open video … Read more…
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1996-04-02 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 2, 1996 PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS COMMENT ON “OPEN VIDEO SYSTEMS;” ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY MEDIA LAUNCHES GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT “CABLE-LITE” Washington, D.C. — In a regulatory filing with the FCC, a coalition of public interest and consumer-advocacy organizations yesterday raised concerns that the new “open video … Read more…