1996-04-02 Richard Moore >From: John Young <•••@••.•••> Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 To: •••@••.••• Subject: PIR_ate 3-31-96. NYT: “Sold Out.” By James Boyle, American University law professor We are in the middle of an information land grab and no one seems to have noticed. Congress is now considering the Administration’s proposal for intellectual property on … Read more…

1996-04-01 Sender: Laura Goostree <•••@••.•••> Something interesting from Edupage…. ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 19:06:51 -0500 (EST) From: Edupage Editors <•••@••.•••> To: EDUCOM Edupage Mailing List <•••@••.•••> Subject: Edupage, 31 March 1996 ***************************************************************** Edupage, 31 March 1996. Edupage, a summary of news items on information technology, is provided three times each … Read more…

1996-04-01 Sender: •••@••.••• On Mar 31, 18:37, Cyber Rights wrote: > NorthStar has an article about a secret “dirty word list” that AOL > uses to censor postings. According to the author, people’s postings > get deleted for unknown reasons and no one can make AOL say what its > policy is. Email me if … Read more…

1996-04-01 Sender: Robert Cannon <•••@••.•••> I have just completed a draft FAQ entitled “A Parents Guide to Supervising a Child’s Online and Internet Experience.” It can be found at http://www.cais.net/cannon/memos/parents.htm As always, I welcome comment and review of the draft. I would also be interested to know if this is a document we as CPSR … Read more…

1996-04-01 Sender: •••@••.••• (Leila Gorchev) Hi. I’m writing an article for the Al-Ahram Weekly on internet security, monitoring, censorship in Egypt and other Arab countries. My access to the internet is via lynx – not easy – and I can’t always get a connection (busy lines). In the meantime (while I try to get a … Read more…

1996-04-01 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ————————————– DWARF’S MEDIA ADVISORY Dwarf’s Oupost On The Digital Frontier ————————————– For release: April 1, 1996 ————————————– For additional information: Dwarf Internet: •••@••.••• http://www.dwarf.com/dwarf/ ————————————– United States Government Announces Solutions To Ensure A Safer Internet ———————————————————————– WASHINGTON, DC — The United States Government announces today a series of broad-based solutions … Read more…

1996-04-01 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #### DISNEY VALUES #### Opinion polls have shown that two issues that really concern Americans in this election year are the rising tide of violence involving teenagers and young adults, and the erosion of family values. Alarmed by these trends, a bipartisan Senate-House ad hoc committee is rushing a bill … Read more…

1996-03-31 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 15:26:58 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: IP: Reforming the Communications Decency Act: To: •••@••.••• (interesting-people mailing list) From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> To: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Dave, FYI, this interview is somewhat disingenuous, since Eshoo’s bill is an attempt to install a standard … Read more…

1996-03-31 Craig A. Johnson While Representative Eshoo deserves kudos for her understanding of online issues, the following interview is very disappointing in some critical respects, and misleading in others. One might ask, for instance, if the courts are going to “knock out… [the indecency standard],” as she suggests, and if “parental empowerment” software is available … Read more…

1996-03-31 NorthStar has an article about a secret “dirty word list” that AOL uses to censor postings. According to the author, people’s postings get deleted for unknown reasons and no one can make AOL say what its policy is. Email me if you would like the article. Telecommunications Policy Roundtable (a coalition of public interest … Read more…