cr> Bell consortium: “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”

1996-03-04 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ——- forwarded message ——- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 96 From: “ACC(BELL.COM)-Listserver” <•••@••.•••> To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> March 1, 1996 Alliance for Competitive Communications Washington, D.C. ALLIANCE FOR COMPETITIVE COMMUNICATIONS CLOSES WITH “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED” WASHINGTON — The Alliance for Competitive Communications, its mission accomplished officially closed it doors today. The … Read more…

cr> CIA & NSA run remailers (fwd)

1996-03-04 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ To: •••@••.••• From: Anonymous Remail Service <•••@••.•••> I attended last weeks “Information, National Policies, and International Infrastructure” Symposium at Harvard Law School, organized by the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, the Kennedy School and the Institute for Information Technology Law & Policy of Harvard Law School. During the presentation by Paul Strassmann, … Read more…

cr> time for :-) how many republicans…

1996-03-02 Craig A. Johnson For your weekend chuckles. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 22:39:51 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: time for 🙂 how many republicans… To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) Q. How many Republicans does it take to screw in a lightbulb? A. Four hundred and sixty-two: Twelve to investigate Clinton’s … Read more…

cr> “Bomb” is at the bottom…

1996-03-02 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 01 Mar 1996 22:39:47 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: “Bomb” is at the bottom… To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) “Bomb” is at the bottom… ______________________________________________________________________ (Reuters, 2/28/96, “FBI director warns of economic espionage”) Economic espionage by foreign countries and firms against U.S. companies is a growing … Read more…

cr> EU Tries to Clamp Down on Net

1996-03-02 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 19:44:35 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: EC Working On Internet Control Legislation To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) I love it!! 51% must originate in the EU. Maybe all the countries should do that — sure cut down on international traffic. The Brusselgrates have … Read more…

cr> CIX Joins Suit Challenging CDA

1996-03-01 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: February 26, 1996 COMMERCIAL INTERNET EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION JOINS SUIT CHALLENGING COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT Today, the Commercial Internet eXchange Association (“CIX”) sought to intervene in litigation challenging the constitutionality of the indecency standard in the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”). CIX is the leading trade association of Internet … Read more…

cr> Polish Monopoly Institutes “Per Byte” Charging

1996-03-01 Craig A. Johnson It is useful to remember that our Net friends in all parts of the world are fighting some of the same battles that we are. Let’s stay aware of these developments. Below is a copy of a letter sent by the Polish Internet Society to the government regarding the new rates … Read more…

cr> virus alert (?)

1996-03-01 Richard Moore Subject: Virus Alert** Do not download PKZ300.exe! Date: Tue, 27 Feb 1996 02:04:11 -0800 Organization: City of Tacoma Lines: 17 Message-ID: <•••@••.•••> NNTP-Posting-Host: blv-pm0-ip8.halcyon.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0GoldB1 (Win95; I) To All of the NETTERS, from our computer support center at the City of Tacoma: There … Read more…

cr> Webcast of the Media and Democracy Congress

1996-03-01 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• (Andria L. Fiegel) Subject: Voyager’s Webcast of the Media and Democracy Congress As you are probably aware, the first Media & Democracy Congress is beginning today in San Francisco. We’re writing to let you know about a live webcast that Voyager is broadcasting of … Read more…

cr> Who to blame for Deform Act?

1996-03-01 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 Sender: Joe Shea <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: cr> re: Stahlman’s novel theory This lengthy exchnage on the CDA is rather interesting for what it doesn’t suggest — that the most powerful people behind the Telcommunications Act covered ALL of the bases. There were no pure hearts at … Read more…