cr> Is CDA constitutional?

1996-01-11 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 From: •••@••.••• (Brian Steffen) To: Multiple recipients of list <•••@••.•••> Subject: Can the Decency Act be constitutional? The Communications Decency Act is so far-fetched that I can’t imagine any court upholding its constitutionality. Not to give the pro-censorship folks any fodder, but can anyone on this … Read more…

cr#1296> FYI: CPSR at Jan. 18 ISOC-DC event in DC

1996-01-10 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 ~–<snip>–~ I am attaching below an announcement for an event to be held here next week, put on by the DC-Internet Society and CPSR, etc. You will note Audrie Krause will be here representing CPSR. You may not have noticed but … Read more…

cr#1297> (Fwd) IP: Stokey Il yet again

1996-01-10 Craig A. Johnson This is an excerpt sent to me by Farber posted under the “fair use” doctrine, and lightly re-edited. –caj ================================================= ——- Forwarded Message Follows ——- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 14:18:28 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: Stokey Il yet again Internet ban on hate groups’ messages is urged BY … Read more…

cr#1298> IRS, FBI EYE INTERNET WITH SUSPICION (from Edupage)

1996-01-10 Craig A. Johnson Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 09:48:28 EST From: “W. Curtiss Priest” <•••@••.•••> Subject: IRS, FBI EYE INTERNET WITH SUSPICION (from Edupage) (Reposted from Telecom Policy Roundtable-Northeast) IRS, FBI EYE INTERNET WITH SUSPICION The Clinton administration’s reluctance to ease up on export controls for encryption software stems in part from pressure from … Read more…

cr#1292> From TIME: John Perry Barlow on censorship

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ >From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Since Elmer-DeWitt posted this on com-priv, I see no problem with posting it on cyber rights. Craig ——- Forwarded Message Follows ——- Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 06:48:50 -0500 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Philip Elmer-DeWitt) Subject: From TIME: John Perry Barlow … Read more…

cr#1293> re: CompuServ

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Sender: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: cr#1289> (:>) Compuserve Caves In Again I do not know much about compuserv, but the recent restrictive actions they have taken, seems to indicate that they are hopeful of becoming the online server for corporate clients. This would explain their eagerness to … Read more…

cr#1294> Cyber-Rights Feedback

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Sender: Erik Loverde <•••@••.•••> Subject: Cyber-Rights Feedback I am 18 years old and I am glad that you guys are fighting for the cyber-rights of all the web users across the world. I am new to the WWW and I become increasingly interested in it every … Read more…

cr#1295> re: politics of censorship

1996-01-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Newt on net-citizenship (was Re: cr#1287> views re: politics of Newt spoke: >[snip] With citizenship comes responsibility. Therefore, some >industry involvement in developing and enforcing its own rules and ^^^^^^^^ >policies on Internet content makes more sense to me than waiting … Read more…

cr#1288> Eppley re: COUNCIL OF 100 APPLAUDS DOLE’S STAND

1996-01-07 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: COUNCIL OF 100 APPLAUDS DOLE’S STAND The Council of 100 wrote: > COUNCIL OF 100 APPLAUDS DOLE’S STAND > AGAINST SPECTRUM GIVEAWAY [snip] >An auction of the digital spectrum will ensure that the interest of the >American people and future … Read more…

cr#1290> Email Tapping arrives

1996-01-07 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 Sender: Don Bass <•••@••.•••> Subject: Email Tapping Friends: This from Educom’s Edupage: E-MAIL-TAP NETS CRIMINALS The first-ever court-approved wiretap of an e-mail account has resulted in the arrest of three people charged with running a sophisticated cellular-fraud ring. The alleged mastermind, a German electrical engineer, advertised … Read more…