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! 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…
1996-03-15 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…
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 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: “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 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…
1996-03-14 Craig A. Johnson John Whiting’s response to our earlier posting of 10 March on Malaysia is indeed appropriately phrased. Now, we read that “new regulations” intended to punish those who use the Internet to criticize the government are being put into effect. Seems that official, pretty-sounding speeches by Deputy Prime Ministers on censorship and … Read more…
1996-03-14 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 11:47:33 -0800 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (–Todd Lappin–>) Subject: CONGRESS: Online Parental Control Act of 1996 Today in the House of Representatives, legislation was introduced to encourage parental empowerment on the Internet and eliminate the vague and overbroad “indecency” standard that became law under the … Read more…
1996-03-14 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? If it defended us, how would the government distinguish between this case and the BBS sting run out of Tennessee? Inquiring minds want to know… … Read more…