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1995-10-23 Pointers from moderator: Two discussions of politics, democracy, and electronic media (including a member of the German Green Party) will take place in Boston on October 30 and 31. A conference on “Building the Information Superhighway” in low-income communities will be held in Chicago on November 16 and 17. A conference on “Ethics of … Read more…

1995-10-23 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> > On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > > > I would be interested to get information on studies, Government > > proposals, surveys, discussions in the field of media ownership, > > in the perspective of media concentration and its consequences > > for freedom of expression. … Read more…

1995-10-23 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> CR> Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Guntheroth) CR> Why do we have a right to privacy in cyberspace that is CR> greater than CR> our right to privacy in the physical world? An argument is that electronic transactions that can be tracked to me can be put together by government or large … Read more…

1995-10-23 Sender: •••@••.••• Andy, Maybe while you were “cleaning up” Kurt’s words, you could have cleaned up “obscene” to “*bsc*ne” and “immoral” to “*mm*r*l” and “indecent” to “*nd*c*nt”. Yours was a perfect example of censorship for the “right” reason: sensitivity. I was once asked if I liked the movie “Reservoir Dogs”, which I found revolting,but … Read more…

1995-10-23 Sender: •••@••.••• (El Tiburon) Found this on Usenet and thought everyone who hasn’t should read this. I don’t know how you all feel about conspiracy or completely unAmerican activity like this, but I am stunned to realize the lengths the media-elite will do ensure their interests. Now if nothing else says that the things … Read more…

1995-10-21 Sender: Jason Wehling <•••@••.•••> On Thu, 19 Oct 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > I would be interested to get information on studies, Government > proposals, surveys, discussions in the field of media ownership, > in the perspective of media concentration and its consequences > for freedom of expression. We are just now publishing a … Read more…

1995-10-21 Sender: •••@••.••• (Kurt Guntheroth) In the United States, on issue of a warrant stating the place to be searched and the evidence to be seized, and after showing “probable cause” that criminal activity is occurring, the police can search any premises, batter down any door, force any lock. They can read your mail and … Read more…

1995-10-21 Sender: Arun Mehta <•••@••.•••> > I know there are wide differences of opinion on this list about > ratings. As has been often pointed out, the librarians have already enunciated a very sensible policy on the matter, they are opposed, and they explain why. Their note has been posted twice here already, but if … Read more…

1995-10-19 Sender: Bill W Smith Jr <•••@••.•••> > > Update from moderator: > > It’s important to hear good news every once in a while. Many will > remember how a Bulletin Board Operator in Arizona, Lorne Shantz, was > arrested this past May because somebody had uploaded pornography to > his bulletin board without … Read more…

1995-10-19 Sender: octobersdad <•••@••.•••> From: Jens Cavallin <•••@••.•••> Organization: Council for Pluralism in the Media X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: •••@••.••• Subject: (no subject) X-URL: http://www.ispo.cec.be/cgi-bin/intro.pl Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: •••@••.••• Precedence: bulk Status: R I would be interested to get information on studies, Government proposals, surveys, discussions in … Read more…