1996-04-15 (Introduction from moderator: on first glance–at least, I admit, on my first glance–this looked like a radical but marginally interesting recommendation for changing the way phone calls are charged. Craig Johnson pointed out to me that it represents an attempt to liberate the complicated current system whereby one part of the phone system pays … Read more…
1996-04-15 Sender: •••@••.••• (Marilyn Davis) > > Sender: T Bruce Tober <•••@••.•••> > > a half dozen subgroups under uk.p.m and then do away with uk.p ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ As long as three people want to carry on under an established public label for an online forum, it is unconscionably oppressive for any ill-defined “majority” to “do … Read more…
1996-04-12 The Internet fight between the Church of Scientology and its critics has continued without a pause. You may remember that this issue overlaps the controversial issue of copyrights–that under the name of protecting its copyrights the church has tried to stop postings to newsgroups and Web servers, and has forced the owner of an … Read more…
1996-04-10 Sender: Korac <•••@••.•••> On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Cyber Rights wrote: > > Criminals are the only ones who have to fear the lack of privacy. If the > above actions were necessary to insure that I will never be murdered by some > drug addicted maniac, to insure that my children will never … Read more…
1996-04-10 A very comprehensive list of efforts to censor the Internet in countries around the world appears at: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~declan/zambia/ (You have to scroll down quite a way to get to the Internet part.) A seminar will be held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. on “Converging Networks: Business and the Telecommunications Act of 1996.” It is … Read more…
1996-04-10 (Note from moderator: you have to scroll down a good bit on this Web site to get to the American Reporter article.–Andy) Sender: Joe Shea <•••@••.•••> An entire chapter of a new book, “10 Secrets for Web Success” (Ventana, April), is devoted to The American Reporter, and it includes a generous discussion of our … Read more…
1996-04-10 (Note from moderator: some people feel very strongly about the list’s atmosphere, but others just want to get some news every day and don’t care how the list is conducted. I’ve decided, after discussions with Audrie Krause at the CPSR national office, not to post any more messages on whether Craig or Richard or … Read more…
1996-04-10 Sender: •••@••.••• (Richard K. Moore) Dear c-r, A thoughtful batch of posts — that most recent “re…abuse?”. And nice to hear from some lurkers. Marilyn said: >– from Glen Raphael > >> If you reworded it “government must not pass regulations that drive up the >> cost of access to email” I could probably … Read more…
1996-04-10 An organization called the MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression (SAFE) has a nice listing of sites that discuss the relationship between ratings and censorship: http://www.mit.edu/activities/safe/safe/labeling/summary.html If you don’t have time to read everything it points to, I suggest you at least look at: ftp://ftp.eff.org/pub/CAF/faq/labeling Email me for an update on the mail-bombing … Read more…
1996-04-10 Sender: T Bruce Tober <•••@••.•••> One of my favourite (for personal, political and business reasons) newsgroups is now embroiled in a real bruhaha(sp). I’ll spare you the gory details, but suffice it to say it is UK.Politics and in part the controversy stems from proceedures in the UK hierarchy that allows anyone to vote … Read more…