1996-02-10 Craig A. Johnson Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 21:54:15 GMT From: •••@••.••• Subject: ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update: 02/09/96 —————————————————————- February 9, 1996 ACLU CYBER-LIBERTIES UPDATE A bi-weekly e-zine on cyber-liberties cases and controversies at the state and federal level. —————————————————————- IN THIS ISSUE: *Litigation Update on ACLU v. Reno *Thanks to All Who Offered Themselves … Read more…

1996-02-10 Craig A. Johnson I am somewhat surprised at the apparent paucity of discussion on this list at this crucial juncture for cyber-democracy. Perhaps this essay by John Perry Barlow will stir things up a bit. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 21:35:20 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: *** A MUST READ … Read more…

1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson With the passage of the “indecency” regulations, small to medium sized Internet service providers (ISPs) may well find themselves at sea trying to interpret and come into compliance with the law. Somewhat ironically, the call to regulate ISPs in a manner similar to “common carriers” has arisen again with the passage … Read more…

1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson With the passage of the “indecency” regulations, small to medium sized ISPs may well find themselves at sea in trying to interpret and come into compliance with the law. , the call to treat ISPs as common carriers with regard to content has gained new currency with the passage of the … Read more…

1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson A first-rate summary of some of the sticky issues of the bill other than censorship. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 10:45:03 -0600 From: •••@••.••• Subject: Telecom Post #21 ==================================================== ################ ############# ################ ## # ## ############# ## ### # ### ### # # # ## # ### ### ## … Read more…

1996-02-09 Craig A. Johnson The lead editorial in today’s New York Time is a welcome show of support to the ACLU court challenge of the “indecency” provisions of the telecom act. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ (Excerpt) The New York Times, Friday, February 9, 1996 FIXING COMMUNICATIONS LAW “First Amendment advocates rushed into court yesterday to block the … Read more…

1996-02-08 Richard Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ From: “Craig A. Johnson” <•••@••.•••> To: Cyber.Rights.Co-Leaders Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 Subject: Press Conference and lost encryption file ~–<snip>–~ Do one of you guys have that encryption thing from that ex-NSA spook, Stewart Baker, that I was going to post, but never got around to it. I think we should … Read more…

1996-02-08 Henry Huang Maybe the best take on the subject I’ve heard so far. Forwarded from the Cypherpunks list. -H — — Forwarded mail from •••@••.••• (Timothy C. May) Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 11:49:07 -0800 X-Sender: •••@••.••• Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=”us-ascii” To: •••@••.••• From: •••@••.••• (Timothy C. May) Subject: Degrees of Freedom V-CHIP … Read more…

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 08 Feb 1996 17:32:52 -0500 From: Dave Farber <•••@••.•••> Subject: IP: brooklyn iling on CDA And the text of the separate complaint filed in Brooklyn today challenging the CDA provisions restricting online speech about abortion may be found at http://www.cais.com/agm/telecomp.htm A link at the same site indicates that … Read more…

1996-02-08 Craig A. Johnson This from the ACLU’s New York office. –caj @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 17:36:18 -0500 Subject: To All Plaintiffs in Online Decency Lawsuit To all Plaintiffs in the Online Decency Lawsuit: This morning we filed the lawsuit in Philadelphia. Judge Buckwalter, to whom the lawsuit was assigned, held a hearing … Read more…