1996-03-30 Sender: •••@••.••• hi. tonight i learned something which makes me laugh. you see, i was watching, well it was something like “inside the fbi” on pbs. one part of it was about that now-dead, all-american facist, john edgar hoover. it told of his abuses of power and provided some useful parallels for our own … Read more…

1996-03-29 (Moderator’s note: I had trouble accessing the URLs listed below, but http://www.sci.tamucc.edu/~martinas/Survey/exper.html worked for me.–Andy) Please help distribute this message as much as possible…. and please fill out the survey yourself! Thank you SECURITY, PRIVACY, COSTS AND MARKETING ON THE INTERNET: DO WE NEED REGULATION AND PROTECTION? Once again, the Centre for Technology Studies … Read more…

1996-03-29 Sender: Martin Janzen <•••@••.•••> I wrote: >You most certainly do NOT have consensus, Marilyn. > >At least one list member thoroughly disapproves of Richard’s socialistic >visions, and does not want to be associated with any kind of public >statement supporting anything that even remotely smacks of limiting the >freedom of adult human beings to … Read more…

1996-03-29 If you have a well-researched and well-thought-out comment on an FCC activity, here is where to send it. (I compiled the information from a couple different places.) I have been working hard on a comment concerning the ACTA petition that I hope is both well-researched and well-thought-out (people on this list have definitely been … Read more…

1996-03-29 Sender: Martin Janzen <•••@••.•••> •••@••.••• writes: >tim may, what did you mean by this? : “Boycott “Big Brother Inside” software! Since I believe that Tim May’s article was forwarded, and that he does not subscribe to CyberRights, I’ll give it a shot. By “Big Brother Inside” software, Tim is referring to software products which … Read more…

1996-03-29 Sender: •••@••.••• hi. i have to partialy agree with marilyn on the “leadership” idea. although certainly entitled and encouraged to voice your personal opinions, this mailing is open to everyone’s rantings, not just where you rant too. to marilyn, it seems that craig either didn’t understand exactly of what project you spoke, or he … Read more…

1996-03-29 Sender: Don Bass <•••@••.•••> I would be interested in how some of you interpret the forming in this Caucus, andhow we might relate to it in furthering our cause in support of cyber rights? Don Don Bass Dynamic Learning Consortium- College of the Mainland http://www.transform.org/transform/dlc/index.html Texas City, Texas Roundup For Great Teaching– (409) 938 … Read more…

1996-03-29 (Introduction from moderator: this letter has been making the rounds on the Net, dashing the illusions of those who thought the White House might harbor secret sympathies with anti-censorship Net users.–Andy) THE WHITE HOUSE Washington February 28, 1996 Senator Jim Exon United States Senate Washington D.C. 20510-2702 Dear Senator Exon: Thank you for your … Read more…

1996-03-29 Sender: Don Bass <•••@••.•••> Friends: The issue here is the effect on a net user’s rights by manipulating the technical design, architecture of the Internet…a very basic decision that someone may make for us, without our knowledge or consent. Take a look. Don ———- Forwarded message ———- Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 20:50:49 -0800 … Read more…

1996-03-29 (Note from moderator: I’m reprinting one story of interest from the ACLU Newsfeed, plus info on how to subscribe.–Andy) Note: The following op-ed appeared in the Los Angeles Daily Journal. *Congress Plans “National Wiretap Week”* By Laura W. Murphy Director, ACLU National Washington Office There’s been no official proclamation, but the U.S. Congress is … Read more…