1995-11-06 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Jaeger aka PI) Hi! An new mailing list was currently established: iltf, the Internet Law Task Force (in reference to the internet engineering task force) The listserv may be joined by sending “subscribe” to •••@••.•••. So short, PI — PI at the User Help Desk Comp.Center U of Stuttgart, FRG 25 … Read more…
1995-11-06 Sender: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> This certainly graphically makes the point about monopolistic control. TCI management is known to be a little to the right of Attila the Hun anyway, but this is abhorrent. Though it is evidence of the dangers of excessive concentration, it does not ipso facto mean that all media companies … Read more…
1995-11-04 Pointers from moderator: Debate about the medical records bill, now in the U.S. Senate, is heating up. Supporters say that centralization of records will facilitate medical research and make things easier for everybody. They also say that the bill puts some rules for protecting privacy in place, whereas now there are hardly any such … Read more…
1995-11-04 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> >CYBER-LIBERTIES ALERT November 2, 1995 >SIGN THE LETTER BELOW TO OPPOSE FEDERAL ONLINE INDECENCY LEGISLATION! [snip] I’d prefer the telecomm deform bill be killed entirely, not massaged so it is somewhat less terrible. So maybe the bill should keep the odious censorship amendment, in order to bring on a veto… … Read more…
1995-11-04 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> Mark Stahlman opined: [snip] >The inevitable result of hyper-democracy would be manipulation of >opinions by skilled opinion shapers to support their particular >collective judgements. [snip] Is this from the same Mark Stahlman who wrote: ——————– 8/18/95 >The essential character of New Media is anti-propaganda. Contrast the TIME >approach to to … Read more…
1995-11-03 Sender: Mark Stahlman (via RadioMail) <•••@••.•••> There are two types of people who are beating the drum for hyper-democracy nowadays: very well connected scoundrels and very unconnected street organizers with unknown moral character. Larry Grossman (ex-head of NBC News and of PBS), Alvin Toffler (guru to Gore and Gingrich), Jim Lehrer (PBS newsguy), John … Read more…
1995-11-03 Sender: •••@••.••• (Ann Beeson) CYBER-LIBERTIES ALERT November 2, 1995 from: American Civil Liberties Union People for the American Way ORGANIZATIONS NEEDED TO SUPPORT FREE SPEECH IN CYBERSPACE SIGN THE LETTER BELOW TO OPPOSE FEDERAL ONLINE INDECENCY LEGISLATION! A conference committee of House and Senate members is now meeting to determine the future of free … Read more…
1995-11-02 Sender: •••@••.••• > Will this be freeware? If not, I hope that someone has the good will > to make one which is. > > Similar technology could be used to rate usenet and email list messages, > perhaps. This is of the mobware apps we’re going to need for online > democracy. It … Read more…
1995-11-02 Sender: •••@••.••• In a message dated 95-10-30 15:48:13 EST, you write: >•••@••.••• writes: >>Can anyone help me find an ISP in America that ISN’T a total sellout? Thank you, every one of you who sent me leads on finding an ISP. I unfortunatly have to remain with AOL for at least another few months, … Read more…
1995-11-01 Sender: “Steve Eppley” <•••@••.•••> [snip] >CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA — October 30, 1995 — Internet Filtering >Systems, Inc. (IFSI) today announced Net Shepherd, the first product >designed to democratically rate and filter World Wide Web sites and >selectively supervise access. [snip] Will this be freeware? If not, I hope that someone has the good will … Read more…