cr> ACLU: To All Plaintiffs in Online Decency Lawsuit

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson This from the ACLU’s New York office. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:36:18 -0500 Subject: To All Plaintiffs in Online Decency Lawsuit To all Plaintiffs in the Online Decency Lawsuit: This morning we filed the lawsuit in Philadelphia. Judge Buckwalter, to whom the lawsuit was assigned, held a hearing … Read more…

cr> IP: brooklyn filing on CDA

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 17:32:52 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: brooklyn iling on CDA And the text of the separate complaint filed in Brooklyn today challenging the CDA provisions restricting online speech about abortion may be found at http://www.cais.com/agm/telecomp.htm A link at the same site indicates that … Read more…

Degrees of Freedom (fwd)

1996-02-08 Henry Huang Maybe the best take on the subject I’ve heard so far. Forwarded from the Cypherpunks list. -H — — Forwarded mail from •••@••.••• (Timothy C. May) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:49:07 -0800 X-Sender: •••@••.••• Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Timothy C. May) Subject: Degrees of Freedom V-CHIP … Read more…

cr> ACLU press conference; Paris Encryption Summit

1996-02-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> To: Cyber.Rights.Co-Leaders Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 Subject: Press Conference and lost encryption file ~–<snip>–~ Do one of you guys have that encryption thing from that ex-NSA spook, Stewart Baker, that I was going to post, but never got around to it. I think we should … Read more…

cr BULLETIN> CPSR Joins in Challenging Communications Decency Act

1996-02-07 Richard Moore ====================================================== For Release Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1996 10:30 a.m. EST Contact: Audrie Krause, Executive Director Phone: (415) 322-3778 Email: •••@••.••• CPSR Joins in Challenging Communications Decency Act Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) joined with other public interest organizations today to challenge the federal government’s plan to censor free speech on the … Read more…

cr> CWD–We’re Not In Kansas Anymore (long)

1996-02-07 Craig A. Johnson This from our fellow co-plaintiff in the ACLU suit. Brock really outdid himself on this one. -:) –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 20:19:07 -0800 From: “Brock N. Meeks” <•••@••.•••> Subject: CWD–We’re Not In Kansas Anymore CyberWire Dispatch // Copyright (c) 1996 // Jacking in from the “Abandon All Hope” … Read more…

cr> The ACLU Online

1996-02-07 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 20:10:01 -0500 To: •••@••.••• From: ACLU <•••@••.•••> Subject: The ACLU Online ACLU Launches ‘Freedom Network’ Web Site Brings Civil Liberties Activism To Cyberspace Wednesday, February 7, 1995 The American Civil Liberties Union today launched its new World Wide Web site — the ACLU Freedom Network … Read more…

cr> Update from Joe Shea

1996-02-06 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 5 Feb 1996 From: Joe Shea <•••@••.•••> Subject: D-Day’s Thursday The White House has called and told (for planning purposes) that the bill will be signed Thursday, while both 24 Hours In Cyberspace and CNN are here. We will hold the Thursday edition until the dirty deed is done, … Read more…

cr> IS TELECOM FUND FOR INSIDERS, OR THE PUBLIC?

1996-02-06 Richard Moore * * * CENSORSHIP UPDATE TELECOM BILL: A SECRET FUND? + by Randall M. Chastain American Reporter Correspondent Columbia, S.C. 2/6/96 IS TELECOM FUND FOR INSIDERS, OR THE PUBLIC? by Randall M. Chastain American Reporter Correspondent COLUMBIA, S.C. — The enormous and long-awaited telecommunications bill slated for Presidential approval this week has … Read more…

cr> Have we been over-reacting?

1996-02-06 Richard Moore Date: Tue, 6 Feb 96 From: •••@••.••• (Jim Barlow) Subject: Re: cr> Crawford: Democracy Hosed by Telecom Dildo (Please Read) Well, I read the piece and I’m sorry but I don’t agree. It obviously mistrusts the market and believes in government regulation. I feel just the opposite. Jim Barlow