1995-11-22 Note from moderator: Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility just gave us a new, more official site for the Cyber Rights Web and ftp files. The old links you may have to Henry Huang’s system or mine still work. But if you tell other people about the site, please give them this URL for the … Read more…
1995-11-21 Sender: “kenneth yang” <•••@••.•••> Hi, has anybody heard about Bill Gate’s new book on the Information Highway? care to give me the full title and publisher and price. by the way, I am teaching an undergraduate course on cyberspace. anybody knows a good book that covers all the technical, policy, and implication issues. let … Read more…
1995-11-21 Sender: •••@••.••• (David S. Bennahum) On november 11, Philip Stills wrote: >Using Sonic.net, I contacted numerous people individually by e-mail after >finding their unique postings in Newsgroups which reflected their specific >interest in the subject of my book [~snip] > and encouraged them to >get more information by visiting my WebSite. [~snip] >You can … Read more…
1995-11-20 Sender: Coalition to stop net censorship <•••@••.•••> ======================================================================== CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE NET CENSORSHIP LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS (INCLUDING THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT AND THE MGRS AMDT) Short Update: Negotiations continue; we’re still in danger. What You Can Do Now: Call Telecomm conferees at their home offices over Thanksgiving recess! CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL … Read more…
1995-11-20 Sender: “G.S. Aikens” <•••@••.•••> Dear Cyber-rights, I have been following the debates on electronic democracy with great interest. By way of background, I was involved in the MN E-Democracy Project during the 1994 election season, organizing and hosting the E-Debates for the Project. We provided a great deal of candidate information. But more importantly … Read more…
1995-11-20 Sender: Lazlo Nibble <•••@••.•••> > My friend kindly assisted me by loaning me his e-mail address so I could > call for help because I have been suddenly cut off from the Net by my > Internet Service Provider as a result of heavy intimidation from certain > people who objected to receiving my … Read more…
1995-11-20 Sender: Don Bass <•••@••.•••> (I am attaching this post to give an example of an activist strategy that is working for me.) Friends: The newspapers in my area all now have an email address. Thye don’t invite it to come in; it is just put there. So….. I use it. The Texas City Sun … Read more…
1995-11-20 Sender: samuel david winer <•••@••.•••> Cyber righters, I am interested to know just when the current session of Congress runs out. I hope as all of you do that there is not enough time left this year to address the myriad of issues that the Telecommunication Act of 1995 has raised. Aside from calling … Read more…
1995-11-17 Pointers from moderator: The Legal Group for the Internet in Canada (LoGIC) calls on authors of legal essays and articles to submit their work for presentation on the World Wide Web. Look at http://www.io.org/~logic/papers/solicit.htm or ask me for a copy of their complete notice. I think the proposed U.S. Senate bill about medical records … Read more…
1995-11-17 Sender: •••@••.••• Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Jim Warren) ~–<snip>–~ The “PROFS Notes” Case & Retention of Federal Records The PROFS Notes case has sought to prevent the destruction of Federal and Presidential Records and to establish management of Electronic records consistent with the Federal Records law and Legislative intent. … Read more…