1995-10-19 Once again, as moderator, I’ve decided to try looking over our recent conversations and pulling out some issues that we should all think about. The list has been pretty quiet for the last few days, so let me try to get everybody involved again with some challenging questions. Encryption Many people want more discussion … Read more…
1995-10-18 Sender: octobersdad <•••@••.•••> Forwarded because of the importance of this issue to all democratic societies: (Forwards removed) •••@••.••• (Jens Cavallin) sent the following from organisation: Swedish Council for Pluralism in the Media and Tel: 46-8-405 3004 Introduction to the ISPO discussion list: ———————————————————— The Swedish Council for Pluralism in the Media is a Government … Read more…
1995-10-16 Pointers from moderator: The most recent newsletter (BillWatch 20) by Voters Telecommunications Watch contains an interesting essay on the idea of generalized cryptography facilities (rather than making each program build in its own encryption). Email me if you don’t get BillWatch and would like to see this issue. Libraries are central information dispensaries for … Read more…
1995-10-16 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 his knowledge. The Grand Jury has just refused to indict him, so the … Read more…
1995-10-16 Sender: •••@••.••• (Doug Walker) At 2:04 AM 10/14/95, Cyber Rights wrote: >Sender: “G.S. Aikens” <•••@••.•••> > >Here’s an example of The Censorship Chill causing a business to shut down >its many-to-many communcation forum. > I’m sorry, but I see this as a RESPONSIBLE company VOLUENTARILY policing themselves. It is “Nintendo” afterall, and their target … Read more…
1995-10-16 Sender: LECLERC YVES <•••@••.•••> On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, Cyber Rights wrote: > To detect pornographers and criminals, the [European] commission is > seeking legal powers to prevent people from using secret codes on the > Internet which it cannot crack. > > But Dr. Peter Lammer, managing director of a supplier of encryption … Read more…
1995-10-16 Sender: •••@••.••• (Douglas Tooley) Ms. Diviney’s correspondence on election law (attached) is a fairly straightforward interpretation of existing Washington State PDC election law. In spite of the presentation this is not new policy, rather only an interpretation, and one that has been worked on by others including myself, the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commission, … Read more…
1995-10-16 Bryan A. Alexander I suffered a mail-crash (don’t ask – grisly) and lost the orginal post from you folks about this list. Can you send me the help file? Thanks! Bryan Alexander Department of English University of Michigan **********************
1995-10-14 Sender: •••@••.••• (Christopher Long) You may be pleased to hear of a news report in today’s Daily Telegraph (London 02-10-95): A European Commission plan to police the use of secret codes in electronic mail appears certain to fail. To detect pornographers and criminals, the commission is seeking legal powers to prevent people from using … Read more…
1995-10-14 Sender: “G.S. Aikens” <•••@••.•••> Here’s an example of The Censorship Chill causing a business to shut down its many-to-many communcation forum. G Scott Aikens ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Thu, 12 Oct 1995 12:25:20 +0100 From: Henk van de Goor <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Subject: Nintendo shuts down WebChat because pornography distribution How about his … Read more…